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Honors W History 9
Chapter 14 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| patron | financial supporter of arts |
| humanism | intellectual movement on worldly subjects |
| humanities | subjects taught to Greeks and Romans |
| perspective | painting appears 3D by sizing objects |
| engraving | etching a design on metal plate with acid |
| vernacular | everyday language |
| utopian | ideal society |
| indulgence | lessening time in purgatory |
| recant | give up view |
| predestination | God determined long ago who gets saved |
| theocracy | government rule by church leaders |
| annul | cancel |
| canonize | recognize as saint |
| compromise | agreement |
| scapegoat | someone to blame |
| ghetto | separate part of a city |
| heliocentric | sun is center |
| hypothesis | possible explanation |
| scientific method | step-by-step process of discovery |
| gravity | force that keeps planets in orbit around sun |