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Vocabulary #5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |