Ari Vocab
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- vagrant
- One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood
- extradite
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- evolution
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage
- patriarch
- A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe
- blasphemy
- the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk
- dogma
- a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- agnostic
- one who believes nothing which cannot be demonstrated by the senses
- heretic
- anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle
- animosity
- a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action
- biased
- having or showing bias or prejudice
- effrontery
- insolent or impertinent behavior
- arbitrary
- based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system
- perfunctorily
- carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
- hearsay
- information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor
- unorthodox
- contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted
- perdition
- a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death
- prolific
- present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful
- audacity
- rude or disrespectful behavior; impudence
- precedent
- an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide
- paradox
- a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
- atheist
- the theory or belief that God does not exist
- lamentation
- express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair