Today's Word "exigent"
Published in Vocabulary
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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