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::: spoof - parody
::: embryonic - undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development
::: goad - urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually
::: irascible - irritable; easily angered
::: secession - withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership
::: incidence - rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality
::: fluency - smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent
::: unwitting - not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know
::: defeatist - resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
::: arid - (of land) dry; barren; unproductive