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Vocab
All the starting points vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ethics | moral principles; a code of morality |
| sovereign | having supreme authority or power |
| morality | standards of conduct that are accepted as right or proper |
| malign | to say unpleasant things about someone, especially things that may be damaging or untrue. |
| potency | the strength of something |
| antithesis | the complete or exact opposite of something |
| self-effacing | modest and reserved; avoid drawing attention to yourself |
| atonement | payment for sin |
| estrangement | rift; no longer friendly |
| initiative | the first step in a process-once taken it determines the following events |
| persistent | existing for a long time despite difficulties |
| incomprehensible | beyond understanding |
| excruciating | extremely painful, hard to bear |
| reconcile | make friendly; end conflict |
| ambiguity | unclear meaning |
| unequivocal | allowing for no doubt or misinterpretation |
| defiled | ruined; corrupted |
| vicariously | doing or enduring as a substitute for someone else |
| preconceived | already formed in the mind |
| reprieve | stop or postpone somebody’s punishment |
| benign | kind, caring, not harmful |
| poignant | deeply affecting the feelings in a touching or painful way |
| incorporeal | without a physical body, existing solely as a spirit |
| facets | the different aspects (sides or parts) of something |
| emanation | something coming out from a source |
| skepticism | a doubting attitude |
| embellish | to beautify something by adding decoration OR to add exaggerated details to something |
| unwittingly | unknowingly, unintentionally |
| apostasy | renunciation (denial) of a religious belief |
| derivation | the origin or source |
| denote | refer to; to be a sign or representation of something |
| dementia | the progressive losing of one’s memory |
| subvert | to undermine or overthrow the powers that be |
| ascertain | to find out something for certain |
| facetious | not intended to be taken seriously |
| affirmation | a statement declaring something to be valid and true; a positive statement |
| dogmatic | expressing rigid, strongly held beliefs and opinions |
| superficial | not profound; shallow; not thorough |
| intransigence | firm refusal to even consider changing one’s mind |
| . obliterate | destroy completely |
| profound | great; showing or requiring great understanding |
| justification | the act of being declared righteous |
| sanctification | the process of being set apart, delivered daily from the power of sin |
| supine | lying on the back; utterly inactive |
| apex | highest point of something |
| glorification | the act of being made perfect and free from all sin (in heaven) |
| prerogative | An exclusive or special right, power,or privilege |
| apocalyptic | Something viewed as a prophetic revelation, usually involving an expectation of a cosmic cataclysm |
| cataclysm | A momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition |
| succinct | Brief and to the point |
| deviation | a change or difference from what is accepted, expected, or planned |
| hallucination | something that somebody imagines seeing or otherwise sensing when it is not actually present |
| contemporary | happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time |
| mediator | someone who works to reconcile differences between disputing parties |
| validity | the quality or state of being valid |
| valid | having a well grounded, sound foundation or justification |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining; will |
| substratum | the underlying support; foundation |
| graven | carved or cut with a chisel: sculptured |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature of a thing |
| anarchy | absence of government; state of lawlessness |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense ill will, spite, or hatred |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good:corrupt |
| overt | open to view; obvious |
| repudiate | to reject as untrue or unjust |
| integrate | to form into a whole, unite |
| bulwark | strong support or protection in danger |
| nebulous | cloudy, hazy, foggy, indistinct |
| secular | of or relating to the world or temporal/ not religious |
| transcendent | excels above all; is above all |
| immanent | near |
| omnipotent | all powerful |
| omnipresent | totally present everywhere time at the same |
| infinite | unlimited |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise or to abandon an extreme position |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action/unresisting to a stimulus |
| manifestation | the act of becoming evident to the senses by showing or displaying |
| omniscient | knowing everything, possessing all knowledge |
| naiveté | the quality of unaffected simplicity or lack of informed judgment |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirmingexistence; having being in time and space |
| motif | the dominant idea or central theme, esp. in work of art |
| automaton | creature who acts in a mechanical manner; robot |
| genre | the kind or sort of movie, music, book, art, etc |
| rudiments | basic principle or element; fundamental skills |
| denigrate | to speak badly of someone or something: defame |
| veridical | truthful, genuine |
| Hellenism | having to do with ancient Greek civilization |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect; |
| bias | prejudice; preconceived notion favoritism |
| cognition | ability to acquire knowledge, or knowledge that is acquired through a process |
| complacency | a feeling of self-satisfaction, usually without any thought of circumstances or dangers |
| harangue | loud, forceful, angry speech |
| cajole | coax; persuade gently |
| foible | small weakness or quirk |
| chronological | in order of time |
| allude/allusion | refer/reference to familiar events, people, places, etc. |
| plot | structure of the incidents; what happens in a story |
| ennui | boredom from lack of interest; tired of life |
| character | personality of a person in a story |
| theme | the insight a work expresses |
| rectify | to put something right; to correct |
| allegory | an extended narrative whichcarries a secondary meaning along with the surface story |
| nihilism | belief that nothing is worthwhile and there is no objective truth |
| point of view | who tells the story |
| tone | attitude an author takes to his subject |
| turgid | pompous, boring, and overcomplicated; self-important |
| symbol | person, place, or thing that stands for something else unnamed |
| style | characteristics of sentence structure and diction |
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