Definitions Flashcards
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to discipline one’s body and appetites; self-denial
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Mortify
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to strive in opposition; struggle
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Contend
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lacking due respect or dutifulness
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Impiety
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wise in practical matters
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Prudent
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strong sexual lust
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Concupiscence
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the act of examining something
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Cogitation
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heedful of potential consequences
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Circumspect
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to make ashamed or embarrassed
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Abashed
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lacking substance or worth
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Vain
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something worthless, useless, of no value
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Vanity
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moral corruption
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Debauchery
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the act of anointing as part of religious, ceremonial, or healing ritual
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Unction
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anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy
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Indignation
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to convey to heaven or to a non-temporal condition without death
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Translation
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Very aged or old
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Antiquated
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assistant in time of want, difficulty, distress; relief
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Succor
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having no restraint, lacking normal control, lacking sexual restraint
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Incontinency
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using or containing an excessive number of words, wordy
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Verbose
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treacherous cunning; skillful deceit, a trick or stratagem
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Guile
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lying, untruthful, false, untrue
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Mendacious
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arousing or warranting strong dislike, aversion, or instant displeasure
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Odious
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to join together
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Copulation
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intense ill will or hatred, an act or a feeling of great malice
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Malignity
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a chill or fit of shivering, fever, and sweating
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Ague
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spacious; roomy. Archaic Suitable; handy
**Commodious**
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being beyond what is required or sufficient, to overflow
**Superfluous**
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Anything at all
**Aught**
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a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder:
**Awe**
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Agreement or harmony
**Concord**
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Open level countryside
**Champaign**
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a dish or delicacy made with sweet ingredients.
**Confectionary**
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decorate or embellish (something, especially food)/a decoration or embellishment for something, especially food:
**Garnish**
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the deliberate killing or severe mistreatment of a large number of people from a particular national or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group:
**Genocide**
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not showing due respect for another person; impertinent:
**Impudent**
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represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by someone, attribute:
**Impute**
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unbelief
**Incredulity**
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a tall stand with a sloping top to hold a book or notes, from which someone, typically a preacher or lecturer, can read while standing up.
**Lectern**
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never ending, never changing.
**Perpetual**
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failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate:
**Presumptuously**
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the action of propitiating or appeasing God, a spirit, or a person:
**Propitiation**
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repay, returning of a favor.
**Requite**
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conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
**Sedition**
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in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling:
**Vehemently**
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the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community.
Language
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audible, articulate, and meaningful sounds as produced by the actions of the vocal organs.
Language
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a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings.
Language
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The study of rules governing the use of language
Grammar
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A subfield of linguistics which studies the sound systems of a specific language or languages. Describing the way sounds function within a given language or across languages.
Phonology
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The physical production and perception of the sounds of speech.
Phonetics
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The field within linguistics that studies the internal structure of words
Morphology
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The study of the rules that govern the way sentences are formed. The term can also be used to refer to these rules themselves, like the syntax of a language.
Syntax
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Refers to the aspects of means that are expressed in a language, code, or other form of representation
Semantics
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The smallest unit of language that carries meaning
Morpheme
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A morpheme that modifies the meaning of the stem of a word
Affix
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An affix that is placed at the beginning of a word to modify the basic meaning.
Prefix
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An affix placed at the end of a word to modify the basic meaning or change the part of speech.
Suffix
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The chief element of a word. Its meaning can be changed by adding a prefix or a suffix. Or the root word when you take away the prefix or suffix.
Stem
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Syllable
An independent, uninterrupted sound.
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The soft sounding letters of the alphabet, which are A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. These are letters formed with little movement from the mouth (teeth, tongue, and lips). They don’t take much to pronounce.
Vowel
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The hard sounding letters of the alphabet, which are all other letters outside of the vowels. These are letters formed with an emphasis on movement from the mouth (teeth, tongue, and lips).
Consonant
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The laws of GOD which prescribes the moral and social duties (right vs. wrong) and prohibits the trespass of them. Morality, the right thing to do versus the wrong thing.
*Moral Law*
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The laws of GOD relating to the community as a whole, and inherent to the rights as a citizen.
*Civil Law*
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Words that are close in meaning.
Synonyms
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Words that carry opposite meanings.
Antonyms
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Words that sound similar but differ in meaning.
Homonyms
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Different words that are spelled the same, but they have different meanings and origins.
Homographs
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The LORD letting us know the Law for all the beasts, the fowls, and every living creature that moves in the waters.
| What we can eat of the beasts, fowls, creeping things, and fish...
The Dietary Law
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The Law regarding the rites and rules prescribed to be observed in the conduct of the service and worship of GOD. What GOD requires and when He requires it.
Ceremonial Law
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A word used to name or identify a person, place, thing, action, idea, or quality.
Ex. (pet, elevator, highway, and school)
**Noun**
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Refers to one of a group of persons, places, or things. Describing a person, place or thing.
Ex. Woman (type of person), Book (thing), Dog (animal), Street, Doctor
**Common Noun**
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Refers to a specific person, place, or thing. These nouns must ALWAYS be spelled with a capital letter.
**Proper Noun**
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A word used in place of a noun, usually to avoid repetition of the noun. Ex. I, She, He, It, We, and They.
**Pronoun**
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A word used to describe a noun or pronoun. Ex. Red (book = noun), fat (dog = noun), and beautiful (woman = noun).
Ex: This word answers such questions as what kind?, how many?, and how much?
**Adjective**
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A word used to show action, feeling, or state of being. Ex. Rest, Pray, Work, Are, Is, Was, Feel.
**Verb**
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A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, another verb, or to describe the action of the verb. They usually end in -ly.
Ex: Quickly, Slowly, Skillfully, Painfully, Very, Quite.
**Adverb**
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A word used to show the relation or position between a noun/pronoun and another noun/pronoun within a sentence.
Ex: To, In, By, At, Under, Over, Near, Before, With.
**Preposition**
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A word used to connect words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence.
Ex: And, Or, But, While, Some, If, Because.
**Conjunction**
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A word used to describe sudden feeling or emotion.
Ex: Yikes, Oh, Hurrah, Alas, Ouch. – Words used to describe emotion or feeling
**Interjection**
