Unit 11 Flashcards
(adj) having or showing good judgment
judicious
(v) to settle a dispute or argument
adjudicate
(adj) not concerned about morality
amoral
(n) attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws
mores
(adj) gloomy; bad-tempered
morose
(v) to make up for doing wrong
expiate
(adj) lacking respect for what should be worshipped
impious
(v) to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose
consecrate
(adj) very bad; hateful
execrable
(adj) so scared or revered as to be off-limits
sacrosanct
(n) clever trickery; deception
artifice
(adj) without strategy or deceit; naive
artless
(adj) not having power to move; slow to act
inert
(n) an image that best represents something; a symbol
icon
(n) a person who attacks or mocks things most people believe in
iconoclaust