WORDS AND THEIR USE

Words & Their use:

          1.   Adulation: flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies 

                 and yes men.

         2.   Adulterate: make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to  

               adulterate foods without informing the buyer.

         3.    Advent: arrival. Most American’s were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until 

                the news of Hiroshima reached them.

         4.    Adventitious: accidental; causal. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend 

               extremely fortunate.

         5.    Adversary: opponent; enemy. Batman struggled to save Gotham City from the 

                machinations of his wicked adversary.

         6.    Adverse: unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect.

         7.    Adversity: poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

         8.    Advert: refer (to). Since you advert to this matter so frequently, you must regard it as 

                important.

         9.   Advocacy: support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something. His advocacy of 

                the human rights of black South Africans is really remarkable.

        10.  Advocate: urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves.