Vocab D Lessons 1 and 2
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chromedude on September 18, 2010
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vocabulary from latin and greek roots
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| credo, credere, credidi, creditum |  to believe |
| accredit | to authorize; to certify, to believe |
| credence | belief; acceptance as true |
| creditable | deserving praise |
| credulous | believing too easily; gullible |
| creed | a statement of belief or principle |
| deus | god |
| deify | to make a god of |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum | to foretell |
| divinus | divine |
| divine | to foretell by supernatural means |
| divine | to know by intuition or insight |
| divinity | a god or goddess; a divine being |
| divinity | the state of being divine |
| divinity | the study of Christian theology |
| theos | god |
| apotheosis | making a god of something; deification |
| apotheosis | a glorified ideal; an essence |
| theocracy | government by divine power or priests |
| theology | the study of religion |
| atheist | a person who believes there is no god |
| pantheism | identifying god with nature; belief in all gods |
| pantheon | all the gods of a people or religion |
| sacer | sacred |
| consecrate | to make or declare something sacred |
| consecrate | to dedicate something to a goal |
| execrate | to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest |
| sacrament | something considered to have sacred significance |
| sacrilege | disrespect to something regarded as sacred |
| sacrosanct | sacred |
| sanctus | holy |
| sanctimonious | pretending to be righteous |
| sanction | approval; support; permission |
| sanction | a penalty for breaking with law or custom |
| sanction | to approve; to encourage |
| sanctity | Godliness; holiness |
| sanctuary | a sacred place; any place of refuge |
| hieros | holy, sacred, supernatural |
| hierarchy | a group organized by rank |
| hieroglyphic | written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words |
| hieroglyphic | hard to read |
| pio, piare, piavi, piatum | to appease, to purify |
| expiate | to make amends for; to atone for |
| piety | religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents |
| impious | sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect |
| pittance | a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary |
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