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AP Lit Vocab 25/26
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accredit | to authorize; to certify; 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 |
| Divine | to foretell by supernatural means To know my intuition or sight |
| Deity | A god or goddess |
| Divinity | a good or goddess; a divine being The state of being divine The study of Christian thology |
| apotheosis | making a god of something; deification A glorified ideal; an essence |
| 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 ironically) |
| sanctimonious | pretending to be righteous |
| sanction | approval; support; permission A penalty for breaking the law or custom To approve; to encourage |
| sanctity | Godliness; holiness |
| sanctuary | a sacred place; any place of refuge |
| hierarchy | a group organized by rank |
| hieroglyphic | written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words Hard to read |
| exipate | to make amends for; to atone for |
| piety | religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents |
| impious | sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect |
| pittance | a meager motion of anything, especially an allowance or salary |
| Dogma | A system of doctrines put forward by an authority, especially a church, to be absolute truth |
| dogmatic | pertaining to dogma Expressed in an authoritative or arrogant manner |
| heterodox | not in agreement with accepted beliefs; holding unorthodox opinions |
| Agnostic | a person who believes nothing can be known about the existence of a god Relating to the belief that existence of a god is unknowable |
| physiogomy | the art of judging human character by the facial features; facial features when regarded as revealing character |
| prognosis | a prediction of the outcome of a disease; any forecast or prediction |
| Criterion | a standard, rule, or test in which a decision or judgement can be made |
| hypocrisy | pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have |
| amnesty | pardon for offenses, especially political |
| mnemonic | relating to or assisting the memory A device used in remembering |
| frenetic | frantic; frenzied |
| schizophrenia | a severe mental disorder |
| arraign | to call to court to answer charges To accuse; to charge with wrongdoing |
| rationale | to reasons underlying soemthing, often presented as a statement |
| rationalize | to provide a rational basis for something, often false or self-serving reasoning |
| sapient | wise; insightful (often ironic) |
| sage | a person, usually, elderly, who is honored for wisdom and experience Wise; judicious |
| cognition | The act of perceiving or knowing |
| Cognizant | aware, having knowledge of something |
| connoisseur | an expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art or taste |
| notorious | widely unfavorably known; infamous |
| compute | to determine by mathematics |
| impute | to attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person |
| repute | to assign a reputation to |
| putative | supposed; reputed |
| presage | a sign or feeling concerning some future event; omen; foreboding |
| preste | to give a sign or warning about the future |
| sagcious | shrewd; having good judgement; perceptive |
| conscientious | guided by ones sense of right and wrong Thorough; with careful attention |
| plebicite | a direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an important matter; a referendum |
| precience | knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge |
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