vocab 3 + 4
Terms
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- regalia
- 1. emblems and symbols of royalty, rank, office, or institution 2. finery; elaborate attire
- renunciation
- an action or statement in which something is given up, rejected, abandonded, or sacrificed
- conductive
- promoting; contributing; helpful
- aggregation
- a large group or collection of people, animals, or things
- annunciation
- 1. an announcement; a proclamation 2. in christian thought, the announcement by the angel gabriel to mary that she would give birth to the son of god
- potentate
- monarch; a ruler possessing great power
- iconoclastic
- 1. breaking or destroying images 2. attacking or overthrowing tradition or popular ideas, institutions, or conventions
- icon
- 1. an image, representation or symbol 2. a representation or picture of a sacred personage or event, traditionally painted on wooden panels in the manner of eastern orthodox churches 3. a person greatly admired for a particular talent, quality, or service
- egregious
- extraordinarily bad; flagrant
- archetype
- an original model or type from which similar forms are copied
- viceroy
- a governor or ruler exercising authority on behalf of a sovereign in a province or colony
- archive
- the collected records of an organization, institution, or public person
- redoubt
- 1. a small fort defending an important point 2. a place of refuge or defence
- demographer
- one who studies the characteristics of populations and analyzes data such as numbers, births, deaths, diseases, and other vital statistics
- regency
- the office or period of office of a regent; one who administers for a monarch, especially in england (1811-1820) and in france (1715-1723)
- politic
- 1. wise; prudent; sagacious 2. expedient; taking advantage of the moment; shrewd
- archaic
- 1. characteristic of a much earilier or primitive period 2. antiquated; out-of-date
- anarchy
- 1. absence of any form of government or political authority; lawlessness 2. disorder and confusion
- pandemic
- spread throughout a wide geographic area; worldwide
- exegesis
- a thorough explanation or interpretation, especially of sacred text
- archipelago
- 1. a group of many islands or the sea containing them 2. a group of seperate entities contained within a defined area
- oligarchy
- government by the few, especially a faciton of persons or families
- demagogue
- a leader or agitator who appeals to people's passions and prejudices rather than to their reason
- puissant
- mighty; powerful; forceful
- traduce
- to slander; to speak falsely or maliciously of
- polity
- an organized society, such as a nation, state, church, or other organization, having a specific form of government
- gregarious
- 1. likeing companionship;sociable 2. tending to live or move in groups of one's own kind
- induce
- 1. to persuade; to influence 2. to cause; to bring out
- enemic
- commonly found in a particular region or among a particular people
- hegemony
- dominance, especially of one political body over another