List 6

anomaly

anomaly

abnormality; irregularity; deviation from the regular arrangement, general rule, usual method; exception

arbiter

a person selected to decide a controversy; an arbitrator; umpire; referee; judge

attenuated

made thin or slender; lessened or weakened in severity, value, etc.

concomitant

accompanying; conjoined; concurrent; attendant

deleterious

harmful to health, well-being, etc; injurious; pernicious; unwholesome

dissent

Verb – to disagree in opinion; to differ; to think in a contrary manner; used with from

Noun – difference of opinion; disagreement; declaration of disagreement

efficacy

power to produce effects or intended results; effectiveness

ferment

to cause fermentation; to excite; to agitate

fervid

very hot; burning; boiling; impassioned; fervent

heresy

an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards; a doctrine or belief that is contrary to the fundamental doctrine of any particular church

incumbent

Adj. –binding, coercive, urgent, necessary, required; used with upon.

Noun – the person who is in present possession of an office

innocuous

harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent; inoffensive

lassitude

a state or feeling of being tired or weak; languor; weariness

milieu

surroundings; environment

ostensible

apparent; conspicuous; evident; professed

propagate

to cause to reproduce itself; to transmit hereditary characteristics by reproduction;to spread (ideas, customs) from person to person or generation to generation

prudent

careful; considerate; economical; thoughtful; sensible; not rash; circumspect; discreet; cautious

spurious

counterfeit; fictitious; false; not genuine; illegitimate

strident

creaking, harsh, and grating sound; characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound

surfeit

excess; too great a supply or amount; overindulgence, especially in food or drink; disgust, nausea, etc. resulting from any kind of excess; satiety