Quiz #1 Flashcards

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Monotheistic

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Belief in only one god

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Polytheistic

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Belief in more than one god

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Metacognition

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Awareness of one’s own learning or thinking process

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Taxonomy

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classification of plants and animals according to their natural relationships.

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canon

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a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council

an accepted group of related works

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apocraphyl

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a doubtful authenticity

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jargon

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confused unintelligible language

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dogmatic

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expressions of opinions so strongly as if they were facts

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opacity

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quality of a material that does not allow light to pass through it.

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aesthetic

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artwork pleasing to the eye

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persona

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a character in a fictional sense

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atrophy

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a wasting away or progressive decline

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anecdote

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a short story descrbing an incident

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dismal

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showing gloom or depression

particularly bad

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disillusion

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to loose naive faith or trust

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covenant

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formal and serious agreement or promise

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metaphor

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figure of speech comparing to unlike things using as or like

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genre

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a category characterized by a particular style, content

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dystopian

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a made up place were people or things live fearful lives

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minutiae

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a minor detail