KGF Saint Joan Vocabulary

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking (synonym: temperate)

Question 2

Apostolic

Answer 2

1: relating to the Apostles 2: relating to the Pope, regarded as the successor to St. Peter

Question 3

Ardent

Answer 3

Characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity

Enthusiastic or passionate

Question 4

Bigotry

Answer 4

The state of mind of a bigot, which is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial ethnic group) with hatred or intolerance

Question 5

Black Death

Answer 5

Fierce and widespread outbreak of a bubonic and pneumonic plague that ravaged Europe during the 14th century

Question 6

Bourgeoise

Answer 6

A woman of the middle-class

Question 7

Cassock

Answer 7

A close-fitting ankle-length garment worn especially in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches by the clergy and by laypersons assisting in services

Question 8

Dais

Answer 8

A raised platform

Question 9

Diocese

Answer 9

The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

A district

Question 10

Ecclesiastical

Answer 10

Relating to the Christian church or its clergy

Question 11

Epoch

Answer 11

1: An event or time marked by an event that begins a new period or development 2: a memorable date or event

Era

Question 12

Garrison

Answer 12

A body of troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it

Question 13

Heretic

Answer 13

1: dissenter from established religious dogma; especially: a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who disavows a revealed truth 2: one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine

Question 14

Hubris

Answer 14

Excessive pride or self-confidence

Question 15

Impudent

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Marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others
Not showing respect for another person when due

Question 16

Impunity

Answer 16

freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

Question 17

Infidel

Answer 17

1: one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity 2: an unbeliever with respect to a particular religion; one who acknowledges no religious belief

Question 18

Mahometans

Answer 18

Of or relating to Muhammad or Islam

Question 19

Messier

Answer 19

(French) archaic form of my lord

Question 20

Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s position or course of action

Question 21

Perdition

Answer 21

(In Christian theology) a state of eternal damnation into which a sinful person who has not repented passes after death

Question 22

Petulance

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Insolent or rude in speech or behavior

Childish

Question 23

Pious

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Marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
Devoutly religious

Question 24

Rheims Cathedral

Answer 24

In the fifth century the Frankish King Clovis was baptized at Rheims Cathedral and in honor of this occasion most alter French Kings were crowned in Rheims. The Rheims Cathedral was rebuilt after a fire in 1210 and is one of the most notable Gothic Cathedrals in France

Question 25

Ruminatively

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To go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually and slowly

Question 26

Saracen

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A member of a nomadic people of the deserts between Syria and Arabia; broadly: Arab

Question 27

Secular

Answer 27

Not religious, sacred, or spiritual

Question 28

Sedition

Answer 28

Conduct or speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state or monarch

Like telling people to rebel

Question 29

Shew

Answer 29

British variant of “show”

Question 30

Surcoat

Answer 30

An outer coat or garment worn over the armor, in particular a short sleeveless garment worn as part of the insignia of an order of knighthood

Question 31

Usurp

Answer 31

To seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right

Take illegally or by force

Question 32

Wanton

Answer 32

1: (of cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked 2: literary growing profusely; luxuriant