English Vocab Chapters 1-2

Question 1

Sacrilege

Answer 1

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 1

Sanctimonious

Answer 1

Pretending to b righteous

Question 2

Sancity

Answer 2

Godliness; Holiness

Question 3

HIEROS

Answer 3

Holy, Sacred, Supernatural

Question 4

Piety

Answer 4

religious devotion; respect

Question 5

Pittance

Answer 5

A small amount

Question 6

Credulous

Answer 6

Gullible

Question 7

DEUS

Answer 7

God

Question 8

Diefy

Answer 8

to make a god of

Question 9

Diety

Answer 9

a god or goddess

Question 10

Diviniy

Answer 10

a god or goddess; a divine being

Question 11

Theology

Answer 11

the study of religion

Question 12

Pantheon

Answer 12

all the gods of a people or religion

Question 13

Consecrate

Answer 13

to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

Question 14

Exercrate

Answer 14

to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest

Question 15

Sacrament

Answer 15

Something considered to have sacred significance

Question 16

SANCTUS

Answer 16

holy

Question 17

Sanction

Answer 17

approval; penalty for breaking law

Question 18

Hierarchy

Answer 18

a system in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority

Question 19

Hieroglyphic

Answer 19

a writing system using picture symbols; hard to read

Question 20

Pio, piare, piavi, piatum

Answer 20

to appease; to purify

Question 21

Expiate

Answer 21

make amends for

Question 22

Impious

Answer 22

sacrilegious; profane ; lacking appropriate reverence or respect

Question 23

Accredit

Answer 23

to authorize; to certify; to believe

Question 24

Credence

Answer 24

belief

Question 25

Creditable

Answer 25

pariseworthy

Question 26

Divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum

Answer 26

fortell

Question 27

Divine

Answer 27

to fortell by supernatural means

Question 28

THEOS

Answer 28

God

Question 29

Apotheosis

Answer 29

making a god of somethin; deification; a glorified ideal; an essence

Question 30

Throcracy

Answer 30

a government controlled by religious leaders

Question 31

Atheist

Answer 31

A person who denies the existance of God

Question 32

Pantheism

Answer 32

Identifying god with nature; belief in all gods

Question 33

SACER

Answer 33

sacred