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Exigent.

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Urgent. Requires immediate attention.

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Extemporaneous.

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Improvised.

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Filibuster.

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Intentional obstruction.

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Fulminate.

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Denounce. Loudly attack. Censure. Rebuke.

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Abscond.

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Depart clandestinely.

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Alacrity

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Eager. Enthusiastic willingness.

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Anomaly.

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Deviation from the norm.

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Approbation

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An expression of approval.

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Arduous.

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Taxing. Strenuous.

Eg. Make arduous effort.

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Austere

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Without adornment.

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Axiomatic.

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Self evident.

It is axiomatic that …

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Canonical.

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Following accepted traditional standards.

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Capricious

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Erratic. Inclined to change ones mind impulsively.

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Chicanery.

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Trickery.

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Connoisseur.

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Astute judge/expert.

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Disabuse

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To undeceive. To set right.

Eg. He disabused me of my quixotic notions.

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Discordant.

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Dissonant.

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct

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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness.

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Enervate.

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Weaken.

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Ennui (on wii)

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Boredom. Tedium.

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Ingenuous

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Innocent. Artless. Candid.

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Ingenious

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Clever. Inventive.

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Exculpate

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Exonerate. Clear from blame.

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Inured

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Accustomed to

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Irascible

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Easily angered.

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Magnanimity

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart especially in forgiving

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Nascent

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In early stage.

Eg. A nascent company.

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Neologism

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New word

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Noxious

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Harmful.

Eg. Noxious vapors.

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Obviate

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Make unnecessary.

Eg. To obviate the need for …

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Onerous

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Troubling. Burdensome.

Eg. An onerous household duty

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Paean (pee an)

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A song/hymn of praise.

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Perennial

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Recurrent throughout many years.

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Perfunctory

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Cursory.

Eg. A perfunctory applause.

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Perspicacious.

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Acutely perceptive.

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Prattle.

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Babble meaninglessly.

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Precipitate.

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(Adj) act with haste and impulse.
Eg. A precipitate decision.

(V) to cause before anticipated.
Precipitate a country into a crisis.

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Prescience. (Prescient)

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Foresight.

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Prevaricate

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Avoiding the truth.

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