Week 31 Flashcards by Colin Watkins | Brainscape

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prudent

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wise, cautious

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heresy

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unbelief, dissent, lack of faith

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ostensible

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outward, pretended, seeming

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fervid

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intense, enthusiastic, passionate

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spurious

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false, counterfeit, specious

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propagate

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produce, multiply, spread

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anomaly

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irregularity, abnormality

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innocuous

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harmless, mild, innocent

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surfeit

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excess, superabundance

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milieu

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environment, setting

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strident

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shrill, harsh, rough

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concomitant

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accompanying, attending

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lassitude

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weariness, fatigue

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deleterious

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bad, harmful

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efficacy

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power to produce an effort

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dissent

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differ, disagree, protest

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ferment

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uproar, agitation, turmoil

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attenuated

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weakened, thinned, decreased

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arbiter

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judge

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incumbent

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morally required

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to get the sack

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to be discouraged or fired

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swan song

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final or test

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cold shoulder

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to disregard or ignore

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without rhyme or reason

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making no sense