Wordlist - A10: Advocate to Affluence

91. ADVOCATE [ad-vuh-keyt]
(v) to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument;
(n) a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; lawyer

Synonyms: 

(v) defend, support, bolster, vindicate, plead for.

(n) attorney, barrister, intercessor.

Antonyms:
(v) assail, attack, criticize, impugn.  
 Usage:
Martin Luther King was an advocate of civil rights.

92. AEGIS [ee-jis]
(n)  1. armor plate that protects the chest; protection; 2. defense; support; 3. sponsor ship.

Synonyms: 
patronage, auspices, wing, favor, shelter, cataphract.


Antonyms:
threat, injury, harm, disfavor.   

Usage:
The country welfare is  under the aegis of the soldiers

93. AERIE [eer-ee]
(n) the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk; a lofty nest of any large bird.

Synonyms: 
aery, eyrie, brood, den, haunt, penthouse.

Usage:
The mother eagle training her child to build an aerie on the tree










94. AESTHETIC [es-thet-ik]
(adj) pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics; artistic.

Synonyms: 

creative, esthetic, artful, gorgeous, tasty, inventive

Antonyms:
unattractive, unaesthetic, distasteful, inelegant.



Usage:
whoever having aesthetic sense will appreciate this art.

95. AFFABLE [af-uh-buhl]
(adj) pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to;
showing warmth and friendliness;

Synonyms: 

amiable, benevolent, benign, cordial, pleasant, gracious, polite, sociable, congenial,

Antonyms:

cold, distant, unpleasant, rude, haughty, grouchy, complaining, surly, grumbling.

Usage:
 Mr. Smile is an extremely affable and approachable man.

96. AFFECTED [uh-fek-tid]
(adj) assumed in order to impress; artificial; pretended.


Synonyms: 

imitated, simulated, feigned, contrived, assumed, studied, sham.

Antonyms:
real, genuine, sincere, unaffected.

Usage:
Republican John McCain affected to snarl when asked about his temper.

97. AFFINITY [uh-fin-i-tee]
(n)  a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.

Synonyms:

affection, attraction, kinship, rapport, fondness.

Antonyms:
dislike, hatred, loathing, animosity, aversion.


Usage:
The mother dog feeling a deep affinity  with her baby.

98. AFFIRMATION
[af-er-mey-shuhn]
(n) Something declared to be true; a positive statement or judgment; positive assertion; confirmation.


Synonyms:

avowal, oath, assertion, averment, asseveration, affidavit, declaration, testimony, avouchment,

Antonyms:
denial, nullification, veto, negation.



Usage:

despite melon's affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected she had marred the wall.

99. AFFLICTION[uh-flik-shuhn]          (n) a condition or cause of great distress, pain, or suffering;

Synonyms:

misfortune, agony, adversity, calamity, torment, trail.

Antonyms:
consolation, help, relief, fortune, favor, prosperity.



Usage:
Even in the midst of affliction we should try to keep up the spirits.

100. AFFLUENCE [af-loo-uhns]     (n) abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth.

Synonyms:

opulence, treasure, luxury, prosperity, thriving, plethora, plenty.

 Antonyms:
scarcity, dearth, need, poorness, lack, deficiency.


Usage:
foreigners are amazed by the affluence and luxury of the American way of life.