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Today's Word "exigent"

Requiring immediate aid on

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exigent \EK-suh-juhnt\ (adjective) - 1 : Requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. 2 : Requiring much effort or expense; demanding; exacting.

"Contrary to what Sloan had considered during the campaign, as a Congressman legislative sessions were long, constituents' demands exigent, and policy problems were increasingly complicated."

 

Exigent is derived from the present participle of Latin exigere, "to demand."


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