Phase I-A Flashcards
Eschatology
Eschatology (ˌe-skə-ˈtä-lə-jē): a branch of theology concerned with the final events of the world
Eschatological
Eschatological (es·cad·uh·ˈlog·i·cal): concerned with the end of the world
Esthete
Esthete (es·theet; rhymes with feat): [aesthete] a person having, or pretending to have, an appreciation of art and beauty
Exegetical
Exegetical (ˌek-sə-ˈjet-ti-kəl): a critical explanation of a text
Fulguration
Fulguration (ful·guh·ˈray·shən): a flash; like that of lightning
Ganymede
Ganymede (ˈga-nah-ˌmēd; rhymes with ‘can’): a beautiful youth abducted by Zeus to be his cupbearer
Geist
Geist (giset): spirit, ghost
Hermeneutic
Hermeneutic (ˌhər-mə-ˈnü-tik): a method of interpreting texts and the ways they are understood
Hiatic
Hiatic (high-attic): relating to a hiatus
Hypostatize
Hypostatize (hy·ˈpos·ta·tize): to embody; to attribute concrete reality to a concept
Ich
Ich (not “ick” not “ish”, but ‘Ick+hiss of cat’): the ‘I’
Ich bin
Ich bin (ich ben): the ‘I am’
Immanence
Immanence (ˈim·ma·nence): the opposite of transcendence; the divine manifested in the material world
Immanent
Immanent (ˈi-mə-nənt): innate, indwelling
Immure
Immure (uh·myur): to confine someone against their will, even to imprison, i.e. ‘he was immured in an asylum’