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development
•Ambiguous
/æmˈbɪg.ju.əәs/
•having
or
expressing
more
than
one
possible
meaning,
sometimes
intentionally
•
ambiguity
(noun)
,
(un)ambiguous
(adjective),
ambiguously
(adverb)
•The
government
has
been
ambiguous
on
this
issue.
•Beneficial
/ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əәl/
•helpful,
useful
or
good
•beneficial,
beneficiary,
benefit,
to
benefit
The
improvement
in
sales
figures
had
a
beneficial
effect/influence
on
the
company
as
a
whole.
•Controversy
/ˈkɒn.trəә.vɜː.si/
/ˈkɑːn.trəә.vɝː-‐/
•a
lot
of
disagreement
or
argument
about
something,
•controversies,
controversial,
controversially,
uncontroversial
•The
policy
has
caused
fierce
controversy
ever
since
it
was
introduced
•Derivative
/dɪˈrɪv.əә.tɪv/
•it
is
not
the
result
of
new
ideas,
but
has
been
developed
from
something
else
•derivation,
derivative,
derive
•His
theory
of
business
dynamics
is
terribly
derivative
and
and
fails
to
facilitate
modern
ideology.
•Emphasis
/ˈemp .fəә.sɪs/
•he
particular
importance
or
attention
that
you
give
to
something
•emphasise,
emphatic,
emphatically
•The
minister
has
issued
an
emphatic
rejection
of
the
accusation.
•Facilitate
/fəәˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/
•
to
make
possible
or
easier
•facilitated,
facilitating,
facilitation,
facilitator,
facility
•The
current
structure
does
not
facilitate
efficient
work
flow
•Hypothesis
/haɪˈpɒθ.əә.sɪs/
•an
idea
or
explanation
for
something
that
is
based
on
known
facts
but
not
been
proved
•
hypotheses,
hypothesise,
hypothetical,
hypothetically
•Several
hypotheses
for
global
warming
have
been
suggested.
•Initiate
/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
•to
cause
something
to
begin
•
initiation,
initiative,
initiator,
•Several
hypotheses
for
global
warming
have
been
suggested.
•Justify
/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ/
•to
give
or
to
be
a
good
reason
for
•
justification,
justifiable,
justifiably,
(un)
justified,
•The
actions
taken
by
the
consultation
agency
were
quite
justifiable
under
the
circumstances.
•Logic
/ˈlɒdʒ.ɪk/
•a
formal
scientific
method
of
examining
or
thinking
about
ideas
•(il)logical,
(il)logically,
logician
•It
is
an
illogical
statement
by
the
politician,
because
only
one
part
of
governmental
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•The
government
has
been
ambiguous
on
this
issue.
•The
improvement
in
sales
figures
had
a
beneficial
effect/influence
on
the
company
as
a
whole.
•The
policy
has
caused
fierce
controversy
ever
since
it
was
introduced
•His
theory
of
business
dynamics
is
terribly
derivative
and
and
fails
to
facilitate
modern
ideology.
•The
minister
has
issued
an
emphatic
rejection
of
the
accusation.
•The
current
structure
does
not
facilitate
efficient
work
flow.
•Several
hypotheses
for
global
warming
have
been
suggested.
•The
peace
initiative
was
welcomed
by
both
sides
but
the
validity
of
the
agreement
is
questionable..
•The
actions
taken
by
the
consultation
agency
were
quite
justifiable
under
the
circumstances.
•It
is
an
illogical
statement
by
the
politician,
because
only
one
part
of
governmental
policy
is
applicable,
however,
the
underling
fundamentals
are
false.
•The
methodology
and
findings
of
the
research
team
have
been
criticized.
Chris
Wills
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