2.  (n) One who supports or defends a cause or proposal;  (v) To support, favor  An advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment  apostle, attorney, backer, campaigner, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, expounder, lawyer, pleader, promoter, proponent, proposer, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, upholder championcounseldefenderlawyer proponentspeaker supporter

3.  (adj) Full of life, lively, alive  In an animated mood for the holiday  activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify activatearousecheerencourage energizeenlivenexaltexcitefireimpelinciteinforminspireinstigateinvigoratekindlemoverevive rousesparkspurstimulatestirurge

4.  (n) Family of young animals, especially birds; any group having the same nature and origin  (v) To think over in a worried, unhappy way  Useless to brood over our misfortunes  begats, breed, chicks, clutch, descendants, family, flock, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, youngbreedclutch familyflockissuelitter offspringposterityprogenyseedyoung

5.  (v) To reach a high point of development  Suddenly culminate in disaster  cap, climax, close, come to a head, conclude, crown, end, end up, finish, go over the mountain, go the route, rise to crescendo, round off, shoot one's wad, terminate, top off, wind upclimaxcloseconclude crownendend upfinishterminate

6.  (adv) Thoroughly, with directness  (adj) Absolute, complete, frank, blunt  Accused me of a downright lie  blatant, blunt, categorical, certain, clear, complete, damned, explicit, flat, gross, honest, indubitable, open, out-and-out, outright, plain, positive, simple, sincere, straight, straightforward, sure, thoroughgoing, total, undisguised, unequivocal, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestionable, utter, whole blatantbluntcertainclear completeexplicitflatgrosshonest indubitableopenplain positivesimplesincerestraight straightforwardsuretotalunequivocalunmitigatedutterwhole

7.  (n) loafer, idler  (v) to make a buzzing or humming sound; to speak in a dull tone of voice  A speaker who drones on and on and on  idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, slug, sluggard, sponger, bombinate, buzz, chant, drawl, hum, intone, nasalize, purr, sound, strum, thrum, vibrate, whirrparasitechant

8.  (v) to drive out  (n) something used to drive or urge on  Goad them into action.  catalyst, compulsion, desire, drive, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, irritation, lash, lust, motivation, passion, pressure, prod, spur, urge, whip, zeal, animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, fire up, force, goose, harass, hound, impel, inspirit, instigate, irritate, key up, lash, move, needle, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, rowel, sic, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on, urge, whip*, work up, worry catalystcompulsiondesiredriveimpetus impulseincentiveirritationlustmotivation passionpressureprodspururgewhipzeal animateannoyarousebullycoerce encourageexciteexhortforce harassimpelinstigateirritatemovepressprick promptpropelprovokepushsoundsparkstimulatestingtease thrusttrigger worry

9.  (v) To give in to a wish or desire, give oneself up to  One must not indulge myself in sweets  allow, baby, cater, coddle, cosset, delight, entertain, favor, foster, give in, give rein to, go along, go easy on, gratify, humor, mollycoddle, nourish, oblige, pamper, pander, pet, please, regale, satiate, satisfy, spoil, spoil rotten, take care of, tickle, yield allowbabycaterdelight entertainfavorfostergive ingratifyhumornourishobligepamper panderpetpleaseregalesatiatesatisfy spoiltickleyield

10.  (n) one of the materials in a mixture or formula  Gather together the ingredients for the recipe  additive, constituent, element, factor, fixing, fundamental, innards, integral, integrant, making, part, part and parcel, piececonstituentelementfactor fundamentalintegral makingpartpiece

11.  (adj) Able to read and write; showing good educational background, especially in a literary sense  A highly literate young woman  cultivated, cultured, educated, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, scholarly, schooled cultivatedculturededucated knowledgeablelearned

12.  (v) To appear dimly, come into view  (n) Machine for weaving  Fear the many dangers that loom in the future  approach, await, be at hand, be coming, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in the cards, be in the wind, be near, become visible, break through, brew, bulk, come forth, come into view, come on, come on the scene, dawn, dominate, emanate, emerge, figure, gather, hang over, hover, impend, impress, issue, lower, make up, menace, mount, near, overhang, overshadow, overtop, portend, rear, rise, seem huge, seem large, show, soar, stand out, take shape, threaten, top, tower approachawait brewbulkdawndominateemanate emergefiguregatherhover impressissuelowermake upmenacemount nearovershadowportend rearriseshowsoar stand outthreatentoptower

13.  (n) Quality of shining or giving off light, brightness, glitter, or brilliance (as of one’s reputation)  The luster of her fame  afterglow, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, candescence, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, polish, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, shimmer, sparklebrilliancedazzleeffulgence gleamglitterglowpolishradianceshimmersparkle

14.  (adj) Mixed, of different subjects or kinds  A collection of miscellaneous items  assorted, confused, conglomerate, different, disordered, disparate, divergent, divers, diverse, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, jumbled, many, mingled, mixed, motley, muddled, multifarious, multiform, odd, promiscuous, scattered, scrambled, sundry, unmatched, unsorted, varied, variegated assortedconfusedconglomeratedifferentdisparatedivergent diverseheterogeneousindiscriminatemanymixedmotleymultifariousodd promiscuousscatteredsundry unmatchedvariedvariegated

15.  (n) Public speech for a formal occasion  Delivered an oration at the ceremony  address, chalk talk, declamation, discourse, harangue, homily, lecture, pep talk, pitch*, sermon, soapbox, spiel* addressdiscourse haranguelecturepitchspiel

16.  (adj) Cross, complaining, irritable  Became peevish when asked to do her work  acrimonious, angry, bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, carping, caviling, childish, churlish, complaining, crabbed, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, cussed, fault- finding, fractious, fretful, fretting, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumpy, huffy, ill-natured, mean, morose, obstinate, ogre, ornery, out-of- sorts, pertinacious, petulant, querulous, short- tempered, snappy, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, tetchy, touchy, ugly, waspish, waspy, whining acrimoniousangry cantankerouscaptious childishchurlishcomplainingcranky criticalcrossfractiousgrumpy meanmoroseobstinateornerypertinaciouspetulantqueruloussullensurlytouchyugly

17.  (v)To boil or foam; to be excited or disturbed  Seethe with excitement as the game began  be furious, be incensed, be livid, be mad, be on the warpath, blow one's stack, blow up, boil, breathe fire, bristle, burn, ferment, flare, flip, foam, foam at mouth, froth, fume, hit the ceiling, rage, see red, simmer, smolder, spark, stew, stormburnflare fliprage sparkstorm

18.  (v) To burn slightly  (n) A burn at the ends or edges  Accidentally singer her jacket with a lighter  blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, flame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torchblazebrandbrown cookflameignite scorchsear

19.  (adj) Unusual. Only one of its kind  Her unique talents as an entertainer  different, exclusive, individual, lone, one, one and only, onliest, only, particular, rare, separate, single, solitary, solo, sui generis, uncommon, unexampled differentexclusiveindividualoneonlyparticularrare separatesinglesolitarysolo uncommon

20.  (adj) Standing straight; good, honest  An upright member of the community  cocked, end on, end up, erect, on end, perpendicular, plumb, raised, sheer, stand- up, standing, steep, straight, upended, upstanding, upward, verticalend uperect perpendicularraisedsheerstandingsteepstraight

21.  (v) To have a strong and earnest desire  Yearn to see his old friends once again  ache, be desirous of, be eager for, be passionate, chafe, covet, crave, dream, hanker, have a crush on, have a yen for, hunger, itch, languish, long, lust, pine, set one's heart on, thirst, want, wish for achechafecovetcravedream hungerlanguishlonglustpinethirstwant