Screwtape Letters Vocab Flashcards
Naif (naive)
Having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous
Propaganda
Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Unalterable
Not capable of being altered, changed, or modified.
Sojourn
A temporary stay
Aspiration
A strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition:
Laborious
Requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance
Vermin
Noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
Liaisons
A person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
Condescension
To behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
Ledger
Bookkeeping. an account book or digital file of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded
Hitherto
Up to this time; until now
Elementary
Reduced to it’s simplest component; basic
Rendering
To cause to be or become; make
Innocuous
Not harmful or injurious; harmless
Qualm
An uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct
Double standard
Any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another
Utterances
Speeches; words
Piqued
Irritated and resentful, especially because of an injury to one’s pride:
Dilemma
A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives
Veritably
Being truly or very much so
Coterie
A group of people who associate closely
Pacifism
Opposition to war or violence of any kind.
Temporal
Pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly
Partisan
An adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance
Asphyxiate
To cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing breathing with gas or by choking; choke
Inaccessible
Not accessible; unapproachable
Tedium
The quality or state of being wearisome
Trumpery
Something without use or value; rubbish; trash
Preliminary
Preceding and leading up to the main part, matter or business; preparatory
Clamor
A loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
Endowment
The gift, talent, faculty, or quality that someone or something is equipped with
Pittance
A small amount or share
Abject
Utterly hopeless
Cynicism
Having a cynical disposition; being distrusting
Fidelity
Strict observance of promises, duties, etc; loyalty
Connoisseur
A person who is especially competent to pass judgments in an art, particularly one of fine arts
Appraise
To estimate the monetary value of; assess
Incredulous
Disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
Insipid
Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid
Pestilent
Producing or tending to produce infectious, epidemic-level disease
Scruples
Multiple moral or ethical considerations or standards that act as restraining forces or inhibits certain actions
Reiterate
To say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
Heresy
Opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
Jocular
Given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious:
Celibacy
Abstention from sexual relations.
Teetotalism
The principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
