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Collegial

col·le·gi·al Means relating to or involving shared responsibility, as among a group of colleagues. Got this word from Internet and Everyday Life unit, my lecturer Elaine Tay stated that we should...

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Exasperate

ex·as·per·ate Meaning to cause annoyance or irritation to. Other words – provoke, aggravate, anger, enrage: make very angry “the students were enraged at these new rules”.

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Annex

an·nex Means to add as an extra or subordinate part. For example, the guest room is the annex to the house.

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Endeavour

en·deav·or  Means to try hard to do or achieve something. For example, I must endeavour to get a good grade with my blog for Web Publishing 206.

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Salient

sa·li·ent Means the most important or noticeable. Other words: prominent, outstanding, protruding.

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Pervasive

per·va·sive It means to spread throughout. Other words – widespread, universal, all over the place, omnipresent.

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Asynchronous

a·syn·chro·nous wiktionary defines it as, “Not synchronous; occurring at different times; allowing the client to continue during processing”

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Disseminate

dis·sem·i·nate To spread, disperse or widely (esp. information, something) “The mission of the academy is to discover and disseminate knowledge.” – dictionary.com

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Munificient

mu·nif·i·cent  Very generous. Liberally: in a generous manner; “he gave liberally to several charities”  – wordnetweb

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Malleable

mal·le·a·ble “Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable” – thefreedictionary

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