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::: advocacy - support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
::: plaintive - expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song
::: supposititious - assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
::: artless - without guile; open and honest
::: grudging - unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)
::: carnivorous - meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore
::: nonchalance - indifference; lack of concern; composure; ADJ. nonchalant: unconcerned; cool; indifferent; Ex. nonchalant attitude to his debts
::: exasperate - vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience)
::: belie - contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure.
::: ingenious - marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity