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Great Divorce Vocab List

Palo Alto High School
Ms. Launer

Terms

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Allegory
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Fate
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Destiny
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Freedom
the condition of being free
English Renaissance
Age of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser, Elizabethan reign provided stability
Holy
belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
Ingratitude
a lack of gratitude
Sacrifice
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
Sulkily
in a sulky manner
Tragedian
a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
Holiest
Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred
Wet blanket
someone who spoils the pleasure of others
Idiotic
completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
Spirit
animation and energy in action or expression
Wicked
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Grandeur
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Blake
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
Tact
consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence
Presuppositions
Initial starting belief of a person that determines their viewpoint concerning the origin of life
Reverie
absent-minded dreaming while awake
Scribe
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
Fable
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Patience
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Ghost
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
Survival
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Satan
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God
Pride
unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Theologian
someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)
Literary Criticism
the informed analysis and evaluation of literature
Ferocity
the property of being wild or turbulent
Grumble
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
Queue
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
Meditation
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
Gaunt
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Secular
concerning those not members of the clergy
Eternal
continuing forever or indefinitely
Teacher
a personified abstraction that teaches
Mountain
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings
Medieval
as if belonging to the Middle Ages
Paradise Lost
Milton, 1665, study of destructive qualities of pride, redeeming possibilities of humility
John Milton
English poet
Cheroot
a cigar with both ends cut flat
Inhuman
without compunction or human feeling
Theology
the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary)
Predestination
(theology) being determined in advance

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