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VCR L1
Vocabulary From Classical Roots D Lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 of principle |
| CREDO, CREDERE, CREDIDI, CREDITUM | "to believe" |
| DEUS | "god" |
| deify | to make a god of |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| DIVINO, DIVINARE, DIVINAVI, DIVINATUM | "to foretell" |
| DIVINUS | "divine" |
| divine | 1.to foretell by supernatural means 2.to know by intuition or insight |
| divinity | 1.a god or goddess; a divine being 2.the state of being divine 3.the study of Christian theology |
| THEOS | "god" |
| apotheosis | 1.making a god of something; deification 2.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. (When capitalized, Pantheon refers to the circular domed temple in Rome built in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the gods) |