Key vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Benevolent

A

All loving and kind

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Contumacy

A

stubborn refusal to obey authority

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3
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Equivocation

A

use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth

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4
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Misogynist

A

person who dislikes and is strongly prejudice against women.

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5
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omnipotent

A

all powerful

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6
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omniscient

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all knowing

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7
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Patriarchy

A

system of society or government where men are head and only decent through male lines.

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8
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Polemical

A

involving strongly critical writings or speeches.

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9
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Prelapsarian

A

before the fall of man, innocent

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10
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Pyschomachia

A

conflict withing the soul or between the soul and body

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11
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Secular

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not connected with religious or spiritual matters

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12
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Sententious

A

given to moralising in a pompous manner

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13
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Theology

A

study of the nature of god and religious belief

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14
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Tragic hero

A

literary hero who has a fatal flaw

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15
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Transcendant

A

beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience

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16
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Transgression

A

act that goes against law,rule or code of conduct.