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pavalat 1
the pearl vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heresy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion |
| Jarring | to make a harsh or discordant sound b : to have a harshly disagreeable or disconcerting effect c : to be out of harmony |
| Heady | extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic |
| Atrium | -the central area in a building; open to the sky -any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways |
| Incessant | occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted |
| Ferret | search and discover through persistent investigation |
| Surmise | -a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| Anomalies | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
| Chauvinist | person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind |
| credo | any system of principles or beliefs |
| Diocese | the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop |
| Papacy | the government of the Roman Catholic Church |
| diatribe | thunderous verbal attack |
| Exonerated | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| Bureaucracy | nonelective government officials |
| Equivocation | -a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
| Vagaries | an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.) |
| Debauchery | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| Palpable | capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
| Paradigm | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time |
| Inoculate | introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of |
| Conglomerate | : collect or gather adjective: |
| Necromancer | one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead one who practices magic or sorcery |
| Promenade | noun: a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance noun: |
| Vector | a variable quantity that can be resolved into components |
| Convalescing | get over an illness or shock |
| Debacle | sudden and violent collapse flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer a sound defeat |
| Paragon | model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal |
| Permeate | pass through |
| Beneficent | doing or producing good adjective: generous in assistance to the poor |
| Guile | the quality of being crafty ;;the use of tricks to deceive someone |
| Malevolent | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred |
| Epitomes | a standard or typical example |
| Thematic | relating to or constituting a topic of discourse of or relating to a melodic subject |
| Dissenter | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| Reconciliation | getting two things to correspond |
| Abject | showing utter resignation or hopelessness showing humiliation or submissiveness of the most contemptible kind |
| Theology | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| Squelch | noun: a crushing remark verb: make a sucking sound verb: suppress or crush completely verb: to compress with violence |
| Prolific | bearing in abundance especially offspring |
| Belied | be in contradiction with ; represent falsely |
| Pseudonym | fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role |
| Invocation | the act of appealing for help an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service calling up a spirit or devil |
| Rebut | prove to be false or incorrect ;;overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof |
| Solemnity | a solemn and dignified feeling ;: a trait of dignified seriousness |
| Abhor | find repugnant ( offensive to the mind ) |
| Coerce | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
| Levity | lightness of manner ::: feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness |
| Belligerent | noun: someone who fights (or is fighting) adjective: engaged in war |
| Obfuscate | make obscure or unclear |
| Censorious | harshly critical or expressing censure |
| Extemporaneous | with little or no preparation or forethought |
| Anarchism | political theory favoring the abolition of governments |
| Digression | wandering from the main path of a journey :: a message that departs from the main subject |
| Paradox | a self-contradiction |
| Perpetuate | cause to continue or prevail |
| Debunk | expose while ridiculing; |
| Augment | enlarge or increase |
| Belabor | to work at or to absurd length attack verbally with harsh criticism |
| Confounded | mistake one thing for another be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly |
| Interdependent | mutually dependent |
| Populist | an advocate of democratic principles |
| Austere | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; |
| Chagrin | n. strong feelings of embarrassment v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of |
| Dilettante | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge adjective: |
| Sycophant | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
| Paragon | a perfect embodiment of a concept model of excellence or perfection one having no equal |
| Zealot | a fervent and even militant proponent(a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea ) of something |
| Caricature | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
| Adept | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
| Antagonize | act in opposition to verb: provoke the hostility of |
| Thwart | verb: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| Verisimilitude | the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true |
| Transcendence | the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience |
| Romanticism | impractical romantic ideals and attitudes an exciting and mysterious quality |
| Loquacity | the quality of being wordy and talkative |
| Scathing | marked by harshly abusive criticism |
| Impartial | showing lack of favoritism |
| Ambiguous | having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns having more than one possible meaning (often) intended to mislead |
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