Today’s Advanced Word List 1-Learn English-Improve Vocabulary.

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Today’s Advanced Word List 1 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

1. pragmatism (noun) – realism, practicability, logical thinking.
2. take root (phrase) – become established, become fixed.
3. tenure (noun) – incumbency, term of office, period/time in office.
4. cut short (phrase) – curtail, interrupt, terminate/end.
5. eminent (adjective) – obvious, clear, thorough/perfect.
6. nurture (verb) – encourage, promote, foster.
7. usher in (phrasal verb) – mark the start of, begin, initiate.
8. elude (verb) – evade, avoid, dodge.
9. insurgency (noun) – rebellion, revolt, uprising.
10. reconciliation (noun) – reunion, appeasement, settlement/compromise.
11. prevail with (verb) – exist, be present, be in force/be in effect.
12. sour (adjective) – resentful, irritable, disagreeable.
13. shrewd (adjective) – astute, intelligent, clever.
14. rhetoric (noun) – oratory, eloquence, power of speech.
15. overt (adjective) – apparent, obvious/clear, noticeable.
16. acrimonious (adjective) – (of speech) angry & bitter, harsh, hostile.
17. blockade (noun) – disruption of the economic activities (e.g: supply of essential goods and others) of an area.
18. mantle (noun) – role, onus/duty, responsibility.
19. contentious (adjective) – controversial, debatable, disputed.
20. ambitious (adjective) – challenging, demanding, formidable.
21. overrun (noun) – a case of something exceeding an expected or allowed cost.
22. moot (verb) – put forward, propose, suggest (an idea).
23. abound (verb) – be full of, be packed with.
24. imperative (noun) – necessary condition, precondition, requirement.
25. irrigation (noun) – supply of water to farm land to grow crops & plants.
26. languish (verb) – fail to make progress; fail to be successful.
27. unscripted (adjective) – unplanned, spontaneous, impromptu.

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