Vocabulary Words Finals Terms
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- transgression
- hierarchy
- Eschew
- To avoid
- Indignant
- Angered at something unjust or wrong [tennis referee or opponent]
- Rile
- To cause annoyance in especially by minor irritations
- Fallible
- 1.) capable of making a mistake 2.) liable to be false; not accurate
- Boisterous
- Rough and noisy
- Temporal
- of, pertaining to, or limited by time
- Bolster
- 1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
- Piecemeal
- bit by bit, gradually
- Inane
- Lacking sense, significance or ideas/empty void
- Oblivious
- 1. Lacking all memory; forgetful.
- Despicable
- Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile
- Obscure
- Adj 1.)Difficult to see or hear; inconspicuous 2.)Not clearly expressed; vague 3.)Not clearly well known: an obscure poet 4.)Not clearly understood or expressed Verb 1.) To hide or conceal [kenny from south park]
- Reciprocal
- A balanced relationship
- Covenant
- 1.) A formal agreement to do or not do something 2.) An agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
- Autonomy
- having independence or self-government
- Secular
- relating to the worldly or temporal; not religious or spiritual
- Diety
- A god or goddess
- Humility
- The quality or condition of being humble lacking confidence
- Inalienable
- not capable of being given up or transferred
- Nonchalant
- Casual lack of concern
- Orthodox
- 1.) adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion. 2.) adhering to what is commonly accepted, customary, or traditional
- Ineffable
- 1.) incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. 2.) not to be uttered because of its sacredness; taboo: the ineffable name of God.
- Testament
- 1.) a statement of belief; a credo 2.) something that serves as tangible proof of evidence 3.) either of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible
- Mortification
- 1.)A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride 2.)Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation 3.)Pathology. Death or decay of one part of a living body; gangrene or necrosis [mortify]
- Doctrine
- 1.) A principle, position or policy taught or advocated by a religion or government 2.) A body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject
- Incredulous
- 1.)Skeptical; disbelieving 2.)Expressive of disbelief [Really?]
- Serenade
- 1. A complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- Usurp
- to seize power with force or without right
- Pious
- 1. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout.
- Magnitude
- 1. Greatness of rank or position: (Anthony Powell).
- Miniscule
- Very small; tiny
- Agnostic
- One who disclaims any knowledge of God but does not deny the possibility of God's existence
- Ingenious
- 1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination.
- Spontaneous
- On the whim
- Excrucaiting
- 1. extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing: an excruciating noise; excruciating pain.
- Depict
- to represent in words or images, to describe
- Immanent
- inherent; being within the limits of possible experience
- Pallor
- Unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death [pale]
- Unscrupulous
- Without scruples/morals; oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable
- Paradox
- a statement or situation that seems to conflict with common sense or contradict itself but that may nevertheless be true
- Vigilante
- 1. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands
- Interpose
- Transitive Verb 1.)To insert of introduce between parts 2.)To place (oneself) between others or things 3.)To introduce or interject during a conversation. Intransitive Verb 1.)To come between things; assume an intervening position 2.)To come between the parties in a dispute; intervene 3.)To insert a remark, question, or argument. [middle position]
- Communion
- 1.) a group of persons having a common religious faith; a religious denomination 2.)Association; fellowship 3.) interchange or sharing of thoughts or emotion; intimate communication [commune]
- Genesis
- 1.) origin or beginning 2.) the first book of the Bible
- Omnipotent
- having unlimited power or authority; almighty
- Mute
- Term used to refer to a person incapable of speech, silent
- Transcendent
- 1.) exceeding usual limits; lying beyond the limits of all possible knowledge or experience 2.) being beyond comprehesion
- Beget
- (gen. used with men) To procreate or generate offspring 2.) To cause; produce as an effect
- Omniscient
- having total knowledge and understanding; all-knowing
- Disparity
- 1.) inequality or difference in amount, quality, or rank 2.) unlikeness; incongruity
- Consecrate
- 1.) To declare or set apart as sacred 2.) To dedicate solemnly to a service or goal
- Furtive
- 1.) taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret 2.) sly; shifty: a furtive manner [fart]
- Strident
- 1.)Making or having a harsh or loud sound 2.)Having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a trident tone in his writings [Sarah Palin]
- Disciples
- One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another/An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy
- Parable
- a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.
- Canon
- 1.) A religious or secular law or body of laws 2.) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field: "the Western Canon."
- Eccentric
- adj: Deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc...irregular; peculiar; odd Noun:a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern
- Exert
- 1. To put to use or effect; put forth: exerted all my strength to move the box.
- Pliant
- 1.)Easily bent or flexed; pliable 2.)Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable 3.)Yielding readily to influence or domination complaint [plants]
- Adhere
- 1.) to stick to or cling 2.) to support or be devoted to
- Presumptuous
- Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward or bold.
- Immure
- 1.)To confine within or as if within walls; imprison 2.)To build into a wall: immure a shrine. 3.)To entomb in a wall [in wall]
- Renounce
- to reject, give up, or disown
- Permeate
- 1.) to flow or spread through; pervade 2.) to pass through the openings or pores of
- Transgression
- violation of a rule, law, or command; a sin
- Proffer
- Verb: (used with object) To put before a person for acceptance; offer Noun: An offer or proposal (still needs object) [offer]
- Specious
- 1.)Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually untrue 2.) Deceptively attractive [black widow spider]
- Monotonous
- Tedious sameness or repetitiousness
- Eclectic
- 1. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music
- Coalesce
- to grow or come together into one
- Covert
- secret, hidden, or clandestine
- Mutinying
- Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers
- Inferno
- 1. a very intense and uncontrolled fire
- Gesticulate
- To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis [gesture]
- Exodus
- 1.) a departure of a large number of people 2.) "The Exodus": the departure of the Israelites from Egypt; second book of the Bible
- Hubris
- 1.) excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance 2.) in Ancient Greece, acts of overbearing pride that were believed to offend the gods and lead to retribution
- Decorous
- Characterized by or exhibiting decorum (good manners) [decor]
- Brazen
- 1. shameless or impudent: brazen presumption
- Homely
- Not attractive or good looking
- Innumerable
- To numerous to be counted, numberless
- Vigil
- 1. wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.
- Constituent
- 1.) a member of a group represented by an elected official 2.) a component part
- Anoint
- administer an oil or ointment to/oil for religious purposes
- Conceited
- An excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance of ones self
- Archetype
- 1.) The original pattern or model from which all things of the same thing are copied or on which they are based 2.) In Jungian psychology, a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc.
- Arbitrary
- based on impulse or whim, not on a logical reason
- Cloister
- . A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- Admonish
- To express warning or disapproval, especially in a gentle/earnest manner
- Enmity
- Deep-seated, often mutual hatred [enemy]
- Effulgence
- A brilliant radiance [full of glow]
- Hierarchy
- any system of persons or things ranked one above another
- Martyr
- 1.) A person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion. 2.)A person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause [Martin Luther King was a martyr]
- Pacifist
- A person who believes in peaceful resolution to conflict or who is opposed to war or to violence of any kind
- Adapt
- Able to adjust oneself readily to different condition
- Atheist
- A person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings
- Premature
- Inappropriate timing, early or unexpected
- Misshapen
- So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; deformed.
- Hiatus
- A break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. [Heroes on Hiatus]
- Pervasive
- present in all parts of; permeating everywhere (a pervasive smell)