vocab tri 3

amoral (adj)

being outside or beyond the moral order or a particular code of morals

eclectic (adj)

selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles

flounder (v)

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

inhibit (v)

to prohibit from doing something

perusal (n)

reading over in an attentive or leisurely manner

refute (v)

to prove wrong by argument or evidence: show to be false or erroneous

secular (adj)

of or relating to the worldly or temporal ; not overtly or specifically religious

acquiesce (v)

to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively -- often used with in and sometimes with to

collusion (n)

secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose

efface (v)

to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous (usually used as a participle: an effacing personality)

improvident (adj)

not foreseeing and providing for the future

vicissitudes (n)

a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

oscillate (v)

to vary between opposing beliefs, feelings, or theories

plethora (n)

excess, superfluity; also: profusion, abundance

rescind (v)

to take away: to cancel or to remove

subvert (v)

to pervert or corrupt by an undermining of morals, allegiance, or faith

adhere (v)

to bind oneself to observance

consensus (n)

general agreement: unanimity : the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned

defame (v)

to harm the reputation of by libel or slander

grovel (v)

to give oneself over to what is base or unworthy: wallow

interminable (adj)

having or seeming to have no end; especially wearisomely protracted

mutable (adj)

capable of change or of being changed

parity (n)

the quality or state of being equal or equivalent

quiescent (adj)

marked by inactivity or repose: tranquilly at rest

restive (adj)

stubbornly resisting control; marked by impatience