Vocab 2 Brit lit

Question 1

Consecrate

Answer 1

1) to make or declare something sacred

2) to dedicate something to a goal.

Question 2

Execrate

Answer 2

To denounce as vile or evil, to curse to detest

Question 3

Sacrament

Answer 3

Something considered to have sacred significance

Question 4

Sacrilege

Answer 4

Disrespect to something regarded as sacred

Question 5

Sacrosanct

Answer 5

Synonym for sacred

Question 6

Sanctimonious

Answer 6

Pretending to be righteous

Question 7

Sanction

Answer 7

1) Approval, support, permission

2) A penalty for breaking law or custom

Question 8

Sanctity

Answer 8

Godliness or holyness

Question 9

Sanctuary

Answer 9

Sacred place or place of refuge

Question 10

Heirarchy

Answer 10

A group organized by rank

Question 11

Hieroglyphic

Answer 11

1) Written w/ pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words.
2) Hard to Read

Question 12

Expiate

Answer 12

To make amends for, to atone for

Question 13

Piety

Answer 13

Religious devotion, great respect towards something

Question 14

Impious

Answer 14

Sacrilegious, profane, lacking appropriate respect

Question 15

Pittance

Answer 15

A meager portion of anything especially an allowance or salary.

Question 16

Sacer

Answer 16

Latin for sacred

Question 17

Sanctus

Answer 17

Latin for holy

Question 18

Hieros

Answer 18

Greek for holy or sacred

Question 19

Pio, Piare

Answer 19

Latin: to appease or to purify