Advanced Vocabulary Lists and Exercises

Advanced Vocabulary List 7 (beta version)

adverse: Unfavorable; harmful.
But on the passage the winds became adverse, and they were obliged to come to anchor off Sclavonia, where he remained some days in hopes of finding some other vessel bound to the Levant. - The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
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advocate: A person who publicly supports something or someone.
There was a vague, ill-defined feeling of doubt in the public mind; a suspicion that the spirit of the advocate was the ruling spirit in Mr. Webster, and that he did not believe with absolute and fervent faith in one side of any question. - Daniel Webster
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destiny: Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed. - qdiosa Diary Entry
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diminish: In the month of December provisions began to diminish, and there was no possibility of renewing the supply. - The Memoirs of Napoleon
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donor: The book has verve, panache, cachet: an ideal gift for a perspiring writer, though the donor is likely to wish he'd kept it for himself. - VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1
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exempt: Bar, for example, officially entered the Italian language in 1926, when by ministerial decree it became exempt from the tax imposed on foreign words appearing on signs on the grounds that "the word bar cannot be translated exactly into Italian, since the word taverna does not in fact describe the sort of business that is now indicated by the word bar." - VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2
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query: The police officer queried the drivers involved in the accident.
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patron: A customer
Some of the patrons complained to the waiter about the quality of the food.
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savor: Homer savored every bite of the chocolate donut.
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vocation: Employment; occupation; avocation; calling; business; trade
The true sign of a vocation is the impossibility of getting away from it: that is to say, of succeeding in anything except that for which one was created. - Recollections of My Youth
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