Bible Final Flashcards
lead (someone) away from what is considered right, natural, or acceptable
Perverting
the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group
culture
wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
OR
giving or yielding profusely; lavish
OR
lavishly abundant; profuse: nature’s prodigal resources.
OR
a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift
Prodigal
an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
OR
the condition of being morally or legally bound to do something.
OR
a debt of gratitude for a service or favor
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a binding agreement committing a person to a payment or other action
Obligation
excessive pride in one’s appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit
OR
an instance or display of this quality or feeling.
OR
something about which one is vain.
OR
lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life.
OR
something worthless, trivial, or pointless.
Vanity
Having little or no solidity
lacking strength and solidity
Unsubstantial
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates
OR
to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements
OR
to free from guilt or evil.
OR
to clear or purge
Purify
the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, or hypocrisy
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freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
SINCERITY
authoritatively or urgently call on (someone) to be present, esp. as a defendant or witness in a law court. OR urgently demand (help). OR call people to attend (a meeting). OR bring to the surface (a particular quality or reaction) from within oneself. OR call an image to mind.
Summoned
(of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous.
Righteous
a person who maliciously gossips or reveals secrets
Tale bearer
Distress caused by a loss
Lamented
a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others.
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an event or circumstance that causes sorrow.
OR
the outward expression of grief; lamentation
Sorrow
Expressing contempt or ridicule
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characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
Derisive
