vocab for final
english final
Terms
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- clamor
- a loud outcry especially in protest
- rationale
- the reason underlying something, often presented as a statement
- sacrosanct
- sacred (often used ironically)
- circumlocution
- the use of many words when few would do
- ineffable
- beyond description, indiscribable
- divine
- to foretell by supernatural means
- agnostic
- a person who believes that there is nothing that can be known about the existance of a god.
- ascribe
- to attribute to a particular cause, source or origin
- edict
- a decree or proclomation issued by an authority
- subscribe
- to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something; to place an order by signing
- affable
- easy to speak to; approachable; polite, friendly
- hierarchy
- a group organized by rank
- dogmatic
- pertaining to dogma--- a system of doctrines put forward by an authority especially a church, to be absolute truth
- sanctimonious
- pretending to be righteous
- forum
- the central spuare or marketplace of a roman city
- prescience
- knowledge of events before they occur, forsight, forknowledge
- cognizant
- aware; having knowledge of something
- pittance
- a meger portion of anything, especially allowance or salary
- eclectic
- consisting of parts selected from various sources
- notorious
- widly unfavorably known. infamous
- choreography
- the art of creating dances
- criterion
- a standard rule, or test on which a decision or judgment can be made
- hypocrisy
- pretending to have feelings,beliefs, virtues that one does not have
- consecrate
- to make or declare something sacred
- verbose
- wordy; using excessive words