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Friday, June 7, 2019

♦️Daily vocab part 54♦️

✅531). 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

✅532). 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

✅533). 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

✅534). 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

✅535). 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

✅536). 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

✅537). 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

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

✅539). Oblivious (Adjective)
👉Definition: not aware of or concerned about what is 
happening around one
👉Synonyms: 
unaware, unconscious, heedless, unmindful, insensible
, unheeding
👉Usage: she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage 
of time

✅540). Spook (Verb)
👉Definition: Afraid of, frighten, unnerve
👉Synonyms: horrific, panic, terrify. 
👉Usage: he'll spook if we make any noise

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