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Friday, June 7, 2019

♦️Daily Vocab part 19♦️

✅181). Law-abiding (Adjective)
👉Definition: obedient to the laws of society
👉Synonyms: well behaved, lawful, righteous, honest, 
honourable, correct, upright
👉Usage: a law-abiding citizen

✅182). Aisle (Noun)
👉Definition: a passage between rows of seats in a 
building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or 
train.
👉Synonyms: 
passage, passageway, corridor, gangway, walkway, pat
h
👉Usage: the musical had the audience dancing in the 
aisles

✅183). Controversial (Adjective)
👉Definition: giving rise or likely to give rise to 
controversy or public disagreement.
👉Synonyms: contentious, disputed, contended, at 
issue, moot, disputable
👉Usage: years of wrangling over a controversial 
bypass

✅184). Gamut (Noun)
👉Definition: the complete range or scope of something
👉Synonyms: 
range, spectrum, span, sweep, compass, scope, area
👉Usage: the whole gamut of human emotion

✅185). Nuances (Noun)
👉Definition: a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, 
expression, or sound
👉Synonyms: fine distinction, subtle 
distinction/difference, shade, shading, gradation
👉Usage: he was familiar with the nuances of the local 
dialect

✅186). Advocacy (Noun)
👉Definition: public support for or recommendation of a 
particular cause or policy
👉Synonyms: support for, argument for, arguing 
for, calling for, pushing for, pressing for
👉Usage: his outspoken advocacy of the agreement has 
won no friends

✅187). Moots (Verb)
👉Definition: raise (a question or topic) for discussion; 
suggest (an idea or possibility)
👉Synonyms: raise, bring up, broach, mention, put 
forward, introduce, advance
👉Usage: the scheme was first mooted last October

✅188). Denied (Verb)
👉Definition: state that one refuses to admit the truth or 
existence of
👉Synonyms: contradict, repudiate, gainsay, declare 
untrue, dissent from, disagree with
👉Usage: both firms deny any responsibility for the 
tragedy

✅189). Nexus (Noun)
👉Definition: a connection or series of connections 
linking two or more things
👉Synonyms: union, network, union
👉Usage: the nexus between industry and political 
power

✅190). Unprecedented (Adjective)
👉Definition: never done or known before
👉Synonyms: 
unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, witho
ut parallel, without equal
👉Usage: The government took the unprecedented step
of releasing confidential correspondence

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