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VCR 1-8 Lesson D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apotheosis | 1. making a god of something; deification 2.a glorified ideal; an essence |
| credence | belief; acceptance as true |
| creed | a statement of belief of principal |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| expiate | to make amends for; to atone for |
| hieroglyphic | 1. written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words 2. hard to read |
| piety | religious devotion; great respect toward something; especially parents |
| criterion | a standard, rule, or test on which decision or judgment can be made |
| dogma | a system of doctrines put forward by an authority, especially a church, to be absolutely true |
| heterodox | not in agreement with accepted beliefs; holding unorthodox opinions |
| mnemonic | relating to or assisting the memory |
| prognosis | a prediction of the outcome of a disease; any forecast or prediction |
| cognition | the act of perceiving or knowing (the knowledge) |
| cognizant | aware; having knowledge of something (having the knowledge) |
| notorious | widely and unfavorably known (negative connotation) |
| prescience | knowing of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge |
| alliteration | the occurrence of the same initial sound in several words in succession |
| ascribe | to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin (used with to) |
| obliterate | to do away with completely; to wipe out; erase |
| epigram | a short, witty saying |
| memorandum | 1. an informal record; also : a written reminder 2. an informal written note of a transaction or proposed instrument |
| indict | 1. (legal) to issue a formal charge of a crime 2. to accuse |
| interdiction | a prohibition; the act of forbidding |
| jurisdiction | 1. control and authority, especially to interpret and exercise the law 2. the specific area of someone's of something's control or authority |
| malediction | a curse |
| polyglot | a person who knows several languages well |
| acclamation | 1. applause; enthusiastic approval 2. an oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval |
| clamor | a loud outcry, especially in protest |
| forensic | referring to legal proceedings or formal debate or rhetoric |
| lingo | unfamiliar language; a dialect or special jargon |
| lingua franca | a language used by people who do not speak a common tongue; usually combines aspects of different languages |
| linguist | 1. a person who speaks several languages; a polyglot 2. a person who studies linguistics, the structure of human speech |
| verbose | wordy; using excessive words |
| clamoring | a loud outcry, especially in protest to insist or exclaim noisily |
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