Five Words of the Day
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💚1. delegacy (noun) - A group of representatives or delegates.
Synonyms: deputation, mission, commission
Usage: There will be one representative from each delegacy

💚2. ascendancy (noun) - a position of power, strength, or success.
Synonyms: dominance, control, supremacy, sovereignty
Antonyms: subordination, inferiority, weakness, servility
Usage: {a} They are in danger of losing their political ascendancy (= controlling power).
{b} Supporters of the proposal are currently in the ascendancy over its opponents (= are more powerful than them).

💚3. installment (noun) - one of several parts into which a story, plan, or amount of money owed has been divided, so that each part happens or is paid at different times until the end or total is reached:
Synonyms: episode, part, unit, segment, fragment, section, division, chapter
Antonyms: removal, detachment
Usage: {a}The novel has been serialized for radio in five instalments.
{b} We agreed to pay for the car in instalments.

💚4. linchpin (noun) - a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
Synonyms: backbone, keystone, mainstay, anchor, basis, root, foundation
Usage: Nurses are the linchpin of the National Health Service

💚5. boondocks (noun) - A remote and undeveloped area.
Synonyms: backwoods, hinterland, nowheresville
Usage: She lives way out in the boondocks in some tiny town.
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