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Vocabulary 1
Academic and Theological Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amid | in the middle of; in the course of |
| strive | try hard; struggle |
| crusade | any of several medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| chaste | pure; virtuous; decent, sinless |
| spoil | damage, ruin, destroy |
| chastise | rebuke or reprimand, punish by beating, discipline |
| accuse | indict, blame |
| utter | complete, total, absolute |
| sake | benefit, advantage, cause, purpose |
| sole | one and only, single, exclusive, lone |
| denounce | accuse inform against, charge, deny, censure |
| hallow | make holy, consecrate, bless; to honor as holy |
| detract | take away, diminish, lessen |
| inalienable | that which cannot be transferred to another |
| foreground | the part of a scene or picture nearest the viewer |
| discernment | showing good judgment and insight; the act of seeing judiciously |
| eschew | shun, avoid |
| subtle | evasive or mysterious, hard to grasp, delicate, remote, abstruse |
| premise | previous statement from which another is inferred |