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Latin 5th hour
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accredit | to authorize; to believe |
| credence | belief, acceptance as true |
| creditable | deserving praise |
| credulous | believing too easily; gullible |
| creed | a statement of belief or principle |
| deify | to make a god of |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| divine | to fortell by supernatural means |
| divinity | a god or goddess, a divine being |
| apotheosis | making a god of something, deification |
| theocracy | government by divine power or priests |
| theology | the study of religion |
| atheist | a person who believes there is no god |
| pantheism | identifying god with nature, belief in all gods |
| pantheon | all the gods of a people or religion |
| consecrate | to make or declare something sacred, to dedicate something to a goal |
| execrate | to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest |
| sacrament | something considered to have sacred significance |
| sacrilege | disrespect to something regarded as sacred |
| sacrosanct | sacred (often used ironicaly) |
| sanctimonious | pretending to be righteous |
| sanction | approval; support; permission |
| sanctituy | godliness; holiness |
| sanctuary | a sacred place, any place of refuge |
| heirarchy | a group organized by rank |
| heiroglyphic | written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words; hard to read |
| expiate | to make amends for, to atone for |
| piety | religious doevotion; great respect toward something, especially parents |
| impious | sacreligeous,, profane, lacking appropriate reverence or respect |
| pittance | a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary |