uNIT 9/10 Flashcards
JUDICIOUS
HAVING OR SHOWING GOOD JUDGEMENT
adjucatre
to settle a dispute or arguement
amoral
not concerned about morality
mores
attitudes and behaviours that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws
morose
gloomy, bad-tempered
expiate
to make up for doing wrong
impious
lacking respect for what should be worshipped
consecrate
to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose
execrable
very bad; hateful
sacrosanct
so sacred or revered as to be offlimits
artifice
clever trickery; deception
artless
without strategy or deceit; naive
inert
not having power to move; slow to actr
icon
an image that best represents something; a symbol
iconoclast
a person who attacks or mocks things most people believe in
iconography
the study of a group of representative pics or symbols
emulate
to seek to be like; to admiringly mimic
inimitable
impossible to imitate or copy
purveyor
one who supplies or sells
proviso
a clause or statement that gives instructions for a potential event or situation
purview
range of skills or authority; capability