Inherit The Wind Flashcards
ATHEIST
Person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God.
AGNOSTIC
A person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.
DOGMA
A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
EVOLUTION
The process in which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of Earth.
FUNDAMENTALIST
A form of a religion that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
HEATHEN
A person who does not belong to a widely held religion as regarded by those who do.
HERETIC
A person believing in or holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.
ORATORY
Small chapel, especially for worship.
PAGAN
A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
PARIAH
An outcast.
PATRIARCH
The male head of a family or tribe.
PRECEPTS
General rules intended to regulate behavior or thought.
RIGHTEOUS
Morally right or justifiable; virtuous.
SOVEREIGN
Possessing supreme or ultimate power.