Phase I-A Flashcards
(25 cards)
Eschatology
Eschatology (ˌe-skə-ˈtä-lə-jē): a branch of theology concerned with the final events of the world
Eschatological
Eschatological (es·cad·uh·ˈlog·i·cal): concerned with the end of the world
Esthete
Esthete (es·theet; rhymes with feat): [aesthete] a person having, or pretending to have, an appreciation of art and beauty
Exegetical
Exegetical (ˌek-sə-ˈjet-ti-kəl): a critical explanation of a text
Fulguration
Fulguration (ful·guh·ˈray·shən): a flash; like that of lightning
Ganymede
Ganymede (ˈga-nah-ˌmēd; rhymes with ‘can’): a beautiful youth abducted by Zeus to be his cupbearer
Geist
Geist (giset): spirit, ghost
Hermeneutic
Hermeneutic (ˌhər-mə-ˈnü-tik): a method of interpreting texts and the ways they are understood
Hiatic
Hiatic (high-attic): relating to a hiatus
Hypostatize
Hypostatize (hy·ˈpos·ta·tize): to embody; to attribute concrete reality to a concept
Ich
Ich (not “ick” not “ish”, but ‘Ick+hiss of cat’): the ‘I’
Ich bin
Ich bin (ich ben): the ‘I am’
Immanence
Immanence (ˈim·ma·nence): the opposite of transcendence; the divine manifested in the material world
Immanent
Immanent (ˈi-mə-nənt): innate, indwelling
Immure
Immure (uh·myur): to confine someone against their will, even to imprison, i.e. ‘he was immured in an asylum’
Incommensurable
Incommensurable (ˌin-kə-ˈmen-sir-rə-bəl): two things that cannot be compared
Interdict
Interdict (in·ter·dict): to prohibit some thing
Interdictory
Interdictory (ˌin-tər-ˈdik-tə-rē): prohibited
Inveigle
Inveigle (in·vei·gle): to win over by flattery or coaxing
Irenic
Irenic (i-ˈren-ic): something favorable or leading toward peace
Loki
Loki (low-kee): a trickster; Norse god of destruction
Loquacity
Loquacity (lō-ˈkwa-sə-tē): talkativeness
Maieutic
Maieutic (muh-ˈyou-dick): Socratic inquiry to bring ideas into clear consciousness
Mutatis mutandis
Mutatis mutandis (mu·ta·tis mu·tan·dis): When comparing two things, and after the necessary alterations have been made, the main point is still valid
