1 exigency = demand
the things you must do in order to deal with a difficult or urgent situation
2 extraneous = irrelevant
---------1 not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem [irrelevant]
Such details are extraneous to the matter in hand.
---------2coming from outside:
extraneous noises
3 facetious adj
saying things that are intended to be clever and funny but are really silly and annoying:
Don't be so facetious!
facetious comments
4 facilitate v
to make it easier for a process or activity to happen:
Computers can be used to facilitate language learning
5 fallacious
containing or based on false ideas:
Such an argument is misleading, if not wholly fallacious.
6 fatuous
very silly or stupid [= idiotic]
fatuous questions
7 fawning
fawn - a young deer
fawn - having a pale yellow-brown colour
to praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you something
I refused to fawn over her or flatter her
8 felicitous
well-chosen and suitable
a felicitous choice of candidate
9 flag
to make a mark against some information to show that it is important:
I've flagged the parts I want to comment on.
to become tired or weak:
By the end of the meeting we had begun to flag.
to make the driver of a vehicle stop by waving at them:
I flagged down a taxi.
10 fledgling
a young bird that is learning to fly
a fledgling state or organization has only recently been formed and is still developing [↪ infant]:
a fledgling republic
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