March 2017

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anglophone

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: consisting of or belonging to an English-speaking population especially in a country where two or more languages are spoken

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axiomatic

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1: taken for granted : self-evident an axiomatic truth

2: based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms axiomatic set theory

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gadfly

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: a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism a political gadfly

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polemicist

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1: an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another

2: an aggressive controversialist : disputant

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apposite

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: highly pertinent or appropriate : apt

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quixotic

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1: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action

2: capricious, unpredictable

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capricious

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: governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable

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sequelae

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1: an aftereffect of a disease, condition, or injury

2: a secondary result

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I.e. and e.g.

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I.e. and e.g. are both abbreviations for Latin terms. I.e. stands for id est and means roughly "that is." E.g. stands for exempli gratia, which means “for example.”

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diffuse

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1: being at once verbose and ill-organized

2: not concentrated or localized