Week 31 Flashcards
heresy
n. unbelief, dissent, lack of faith
prudent
adj. wise, cautious
ostensible
adj. outward, pretended, seeming
fervid
adj. intense, enthusiastic, passionate
spurious
adj. false, counterfeit, specious
propagate
v. produce, multiply, spread
anomaly
n. irregularity, abnormality
innocuous
adj. harmless, mild, innocent
surfeit
n. excess, superabundance
milieu
n. environment, setting
strident
adj. shrill, harsh, rough
concomitant
adj. accompanying, attending
lassitude
n. weariness, fatigue
deleteroius
adj. bad, harmful
efficacy
n. power to produce an effect
dissent
v. differ, disagree, protest
ferment
n. uproar, agitation, turmoil
attenuated
adj. weakened, thinned, decreased
arbiter
n. judge
incumbent
adj. morally required