Quiz #1 Flashcards
Monotheistic
Belief in only one god
Polytheistic
Belief in more than one god
Metacognition
Awareness of one’s own learning or thinking process
Taxonomy
classification of plants and animals according to their natural relationships.
canon
a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council
an accepted group of related works
apocraphyl
a doubtful authenticity
jargon
confused unintelligible language
dogmatic
expressions of opinions so strongly as if they were facts
opacity
quality of a material that does not allow light to pass through it.
aesthetic
artwork pleasing to the eye
persona
a character in a fictional sense
atrophy
a wasting away or progressive decline
anecdote
a short story descrbing an incident
dismal
showing gloom or depression
particularly bad
disillusion
to loose naive faith or trust