Week 31 Flashcards
prudent
wise, cautious
heresy
unbelief, dissent, lack of faith
ostensible
outward, pretended, seeming
fervid
intense, enthusiastic, passionate
spurious
false, counterfeit, specious
propagate
produce, multiply, spread
anomaly
irregularity, abnormality
innocuous
harmless, mild, innocent
surfeit
excess, superabundance
milieu
environment, setting
strident
shrill, harsh, rough
concomitant
accompanying, attending
lassitude
weariness, fatigue
deleterious
bad, harmful
efficacy
power to produce an effort
dissent
differ, disagree, protest
ferment
uproar, agitation, turmoil
attenuated
weakened, thinned, decreased
arbiter
judge
incumbent
morally required
to get the sack
to be discouraged or fired
swan song
final or test
cold shoulder
to disregard or ignore
without rhyme or reason
making no sense