Vocabulary VIIII Flashcards
Profane
Characterized by irreverence to God.
Irreligious.
Unholy.
Heathen
An irreligious or uncultured person.
Gaul
An ancient region of Western Europe.
Contained regions of:
- Italy
- France
- Belgium
Heresy
Any belief that is at variance with church doctrine.
At variance
In a state of disagreement with.
Example: “he was at variance with his superiors”.
Sedition
Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
Buck
To resist or oppose.
Surcharge
An additional charge, tax, or cost.
Egalitarian
Belief in the equality of all people.
- Especially in political, economic, or social life.
Catch all
Something that covers a wide variety of items or situations.
Carbonized
Organic matter charred until it becomes carbon.
Mineral
- A substance that is neither animal nor vegetable.
- Inorganic.
- Frequently refers to substances taken from a mine (ore, coal)
Peat
A layer of spongy earth created by decaying vegetable matter.
Used to create fuel
Cagey
Cautious.
Wary.
Facilitate
To assist the progress of.
To make easier or less difficult.
Mollify
Pacify.
Appease.
Offset
Something that counterbalances or compensates for something else.
Compensating equivalent.
Millennial
(aka “Generation Y”)
A person born in the 1980s or 1990s.
Provisional
Temporary
Annex
To incorporate into the domain of a country.
- to appropriate
Insular
(In-sel-ur)
Isolated
Roanoke island
(Roh-uh-noak)
Island off the coast of North Carolina.
Site where the first English colony landed in 1585 (it was then Virginia).
The colony had vanished by 1590.
Constituent
Component.
Serving to make up or compose a thing.
Constituency
Body of supporters or voters.
Correlation
Mutual relation of two things.
Forbearance
To be patient or self-controlled when subjected to provocation or annoyance.
Sacrosanct
Extremely sacred.
Staid
Settled.
Sedate.
