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Thursday, January 5, 2012
116. Vapid
From, "Iraq: The gloves come off," by Robert Grenier, 1/2/12, Aljazeera:
“First, it should be acknowledged that the complaints of President Obama’s Republican critics are vapid.”
Vapid: offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; dull
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