Advanced Vocabulary List 7
- adverse
- Unfavorable; harmful.
Both Fannie and Freddie also tack on what they call adverse-market fees of one-quarter of 1% to all loans just to get you seated at the table. - latimes.com - News
Google Wiktionary - advocate
- A person who publicly supports something or someone.
Weiler, who had previously been in charge of science for NASA and would resume that position a few years later, is known as an advocate for astrobiology and someone who believes strongly that life does exist beyond Earth. - First Contact
Google Wiktionary - destiny
- A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control: "Marriage and hanging go by destiny” ( Robert Burton).
The airport scenes are heart-wrenching but the pride in seeing your child soar and fulfill his or her destiny is a wonderful thing. - Kite Flying
Google Wiktionary - diminish
- To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so.
However, the intended Japanese audience would have known this already and it did not diminish from the devastating sadness of the ending. - Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
Google Wiktionary - donor
- One that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund.
He is the title donor for one of the homes at the Weston - Thestar.com - Home Page
Google Wiktionary - exempt
- To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject: exempting the disabled from military service.
In Shiloh, a town of 2,200 people, billboards advertise new homes, and foundations have been laid for about 10 new buildings that remain exempt from the 10-month construction freeze. - Two solitudes
Google Wiktionary - query
- A doubt in the mind; a mental reservation.
The police officer queried the drivers involved in the accident.
Google Wiktionary - patron
- A customer
Some of the patrons complained to the waiter about the quality of the food.
Google Wiktionary - savor
- The taste or smell of something.
Homer savored every bite of the chocolate donut.
Google Wiktionary - vocation
- Employment; occupation; avocation; calling; business; trade
At present your vocation is to be a good little daughter. - Melbourne House
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