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Vocabulary #5
Term | Definition |
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Fervid | intense, enthusiastic, passionate |
Spurious | false, counterfit |
Heresy | unbelief, dissent |
Prudent | wise, cautious |
Ostensible | outward, pretended |
Innocuous | harmless, mild, innocent |
Propagate | produce, multiply, spread |
Anomaly | abnormality, irregularity |
Milieu | environment, setting |
Surfeit | excess, superabundance |
Strident | shrill, harsh-sounding |
Lassitude | weariness, fatigue |
Concomitant | accompanying, attending |
Deleterious | bad, harmful |
Efficacy | power to produce an effect |
Dissent | differ, disagree, protest |
Imcumbent | a duty, morally required |
Attenuated | weakened, thinned, decreased |
Ferment | uproar, agitation, turmoil |
Arbiter | Judge |
Chariatan | pretender, fruad |
Decorum | politeness, correct behavior |
Wheedle | coax, persuade, cajole |
Jubilant | joyful, in high spriits |
Rustic | countrified, unpolished |
Zenith | summit, top, pinnacle |
Fledgling | little-known, newly developed |
Peremptory | absolute, compulsory, binding |
Precedent | custom, model |
Omnipotent | almighty, unlimited power or authority |