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Vocab #5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heresy | Unbelief, Dissent |
| Prudent | Wise, cautious |
| Ostensible | Outward, pretended |
| Fervid | Intense, enthusiastic, passionate |
| Propagate | Produce, multiply, spread |
| Anomaly | Abnormality, irregularity |
| Innocous | Harmless, mild, innocent |
| Surfeit | Excess, superabundance |
| Milieu | Environment, setting |
| Strident | Shrill, harsh-sounding |
| Concomitant | Accompanying, attending |
| Deleterious | Bad, harmful |
| Efficacy | Power to produce an effect |
| Lassitude | Weariness, fatigue |
| Dissent | Differ, disagree, protest |
| Ferment | Uproar, agitation, turmoil |
| Attenuated | Weakened, thinned, decreased |
| Arbiter | Judge |
| Incumbent | A duty, morally required |
| Wheedle | Coax, persuade, cajole |
| Rustic | Countrified, unpolished |
| Jubilant | Joyful, in high spirts |
| Decorum | Politeness, correct bahavior |
| Charlatan | Pretender, fruad |
| Omnipotent | Almighty, unlimited power or authority |
| Zenith | Summit, top, pinnacle |
| Fledgling | Little-known, newly-developed |