VCR D - L2
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- SACER
- (L) sacred
- consecrate
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v. to make or declare something sacred
#2. to dedicate something to a goal - execrate
- v. to denounce as evil or vile
- sacrament
- n. something considered to have sacred significance
- sacrilege
- n. disrespect to something regarded as sacred
- sacrosanct
- adj. sacred (often used ironically)
- SANCTUS
- (L) holy
- sanctimonious
- adj. pretending to be righteous
- sanction
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n. approval; support; permision
#2. a penalty for breaking with law or custom
v. to approve; to encourage - sanctity
- n. Godliness; holiness
- sanctuary
- n. a sacred place; any place of refuge
- HEIROS
- (G) holy, sacred, supernatural
- hierarchy
- n. a group organized by rank
- heiroglyphic
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adj. written with picures to represent sounds or meanings of words
#2. hard to read - PIO
- (L) to appease, to purify
- expiate
- v. to make amends for; to atone for
- piety
- n. religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents
- impious
- adj. sacrelegious; profane; lacking appropriae reverence or respect
- pittance
- n. a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary