| Term | Definition |
|---|
| anthropomorphism | Attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. |
| apotheosis | Deification; exaltation to divine rank. |
| appease | To bring peace or calm to ; to soothe. |
| archetype | A model or prototype; an ideal example of a type. |
| atonement | A making up for past wrongs. |
| bane | A cause of death, destruction, or ruin. |
| beseech | To request earnestly; to beg. |
| exonerate | To free from blame. |
| expiate | To make amends or reparations for; to atone |
| matriarchal | Dominated by a female figure or authority. |
| AUT, AUTO | "self" |
| AM, AMOR | "love," "liking," "friendliness" |
| monomyth | One story common to all cultures and peoples |
| monotheism | The belief in only one god. |
| patriarchal | Dominated by a male figure or authority. |
| penitence | Regret for wrongdoings. |
| pestilence | A plague or disease. |
| polytheism | The worship of or belief in more than one god. |
| precipice | An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; a cliff. |
| reconcile | To restore to harmony; to resolve or settle. |
| reticence | The state or quality of being reserved or reluctant. |
| servile | Submissive or slavish. |
| CRACY | "government" |
| ANIM | "mind," "will," "spirit" |
| ardor | Fiery intensity of feeling. |
| formidable | Causing fear, apprehension, or dread. |
| guile | Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit. |
| peril | Exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger. |
| plunder | To rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war or hostile raids. |
| ponderous | Of great wight; heavy; massive. |
| profusion | Abundance; a great quantity or amount. |
| shun | To avoid deliberately. |
| tumult | A general outbreak, riot, uprising, or other disorder. |
| valor | Boldness or determination in facing great danger. |
| dem, demo | "people" |
| fin | "end," "boundary," "limit" |
| aloof | Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote. |
| contentious | Given to contention; quarrelsome; argumentative. |
| cower | To cringe in fear. |
| implacable | Impossible to appease. |
| impudence | The quality of being offensively bold; offensively held behavior. |
| insidious | 1. Intended to entrap; treacherous. 2. Beguiling but harmful. |
| rebuke | To criticize or reprove sharply; to reprimand. |
| revelry | Boisterous merrymaking. |
| revulsion | A feeling of violent disgust or loathing. |
| supplication | The act of asking for earnestly, as by praying or beseeching. |
| pan | "all," "complete." |
| flu, fluc, flux | "flow" |
| abash | To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert. |
| ardor | Fiery intensity of feeling. |
| contrive | To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise. |
| countenance | Appearance, especially the expression of the face. |
| indignation | Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy. |
| insolent | Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant. |
| shrewd | Marked by keen awareness, sharp intelligence, and often practicality. |
| vex | To annoy or bother |
| wily | Full of wiles; cunning. |
| wrathful | Full of wrath; fiercely angry. |
| chron, chrono | "time" |
| gen, gener | "birth," "kind," "class" |
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