(n) a person who argues or competes against another in a game, contest, or argument; a person who disagrees with a proposal or practice

(v) to publicly recommend or support

(v) To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false

(n) one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

(v) to support, give a boost to

(n) a passage taken from a book or article

(n) applause; enthusiastic praise or approval

(v) to make impossible, prevent, shut out

(v) to make valueless, take away all force or effect

(v) to make as small as possible, to make the least of

(adj.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

(adj) in very great numbers

(v) to come to grips with, fight with

(v) to support, nourish, keep up; to affirm the validity of

(n) a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, doubt;

(v) to read thoroughly and carefully

(v) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

(adj) appearing true, reasonable, or fair

(adj) bold and determined in a firm way