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to equate - to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing;

He complained that there was a tendency to equate right-wing politics with self-interest.
People sometimes equate provincial accents with provincial thinking.

1. Advocacy - public support for an idea, plan, or way of doing something;

They have an excellent reputation for advocacy on behalf of rivers and freshwater resources.
We joined a club that promotes cycling for fun and fitness through advocacy and education.

1. Fulfillment - a feeling of pleasure because you are getting what you want from life;
For many women, the fulfillment of family obligations prevents the furtherance of their career.
Workaholics can only find fulfillment in their work.

1. Detrimental - causing harm or damage;

These chemicals have a detrimental effect/impact on the environment.
The government's policy of high interest rates is having a detrimental effect on industry.

1. To embrace - to accept something enthusiastically; to hold someone tightly with both arms to
express love, liking, or sympathy, or when greeting or leaving someone.
Corporate America quickly embraced the Web as a new vehicle for advertising.
This was in the days before she embraced religion.
She greeted me with a warm embrace.

1. To pervert - to change something so that it is not what it was or should be, or to influence
someone in a harmful way; to change something from its correct use or original purpose;
Her ideas have been shamelessly perverted to serve the president's propaganda campaign.
The history teacher tried to pervert (= persuade into unacceptable sexual activity) the boys by
showing them pornographic magazines.
These journalists are perverting the news.

1. Consumption - the act of using, eating, or drinking something; the situation in which
information, entertainment, etc. is intended for a particular group of people;
The meat was clearly unfit for human consumption.
In this period, there were 974 outbreaks of communicable disease attributed to the consumption of
raw milk.

1. adherent(n) - a person who strongly supports a particular person, principle, or set of ideas; 
She has long been an adherent of the Communist Party.
This idea is gaining adherents.

1. To forego - to not have or do something enjoyable;to give up, to do without;  If you forego
something, you decide to do without it, although you would like it.
Keen skiers are happy to forego a summer holiday to go skiing.
I shall have to forgo the pleasure of seeing you this week.
She decided to forgo flowers at the funeral and asked people to send money to a charity instead.
1. Indulgence - an occasion when you allow someone or yourself to have something enjoyable,
especially more than is good for you; 
Heavy indulgence in fatty foods should be avoided.
His health suffered from over-indulgence in rich food and drink.

1. Shockingly - in a way that is offensive, upsetting, or immoral; in a way that is extremely bad
or unpleasant, or of very low quality;
Stories of abused and battered children are shockingly familiar.
They charge shockingly high prices.
1. To beg - to make a very strong and urgent request;

Many would beg to differ.

They begged for mercy.
He begged her to stay, but she simply laughed and put her bags in the car.