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Undergraduate 4
10/07/2009
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exigency
 Definition
urgent situation, pressing needs or demands, state of requiring immediate attention
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facetious
 Definition
joking, often inappropriate
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fatuous
 Definition
silly
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felicitous
 Definition
pleasant, delightful; well suited or expressed
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foment
 Definition
to stir up, instigate
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gainsay
 Definition
contradict, opppose
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garrulous
 Definition
pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
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grandiloquent
 Definition
pompous, bombastic
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inchoate
 Definition
recently begun, rudimentary
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insipid
 Definition
lacking flavor, dull
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insularity
 Definition
narrow mindedness, isolation
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intractable
 Definition
not easily managed or directed
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inured
 Definition
accustomed, or hardened
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invective
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abuse
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chary
 Definition
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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