Vocab 1-2

Question 1

credo, credere, credidi, creditum

Answer 1

Latin
to believe

Question 2

accredit

Answer 2

[transitive verb] to authorize; to certify; to believe

Question 3

credence

Answer 3

[noun] belief; acceptance as true

Question 4

creditable

Answer 4

[adjective] deserving praise

Question 4

credulous

Answer 4

[adjective] believing too easy; gullible

Question 5

creed

Answer 5

[noun] a statement of belief or principle

Question 6

deify

Answer 6

[transitive verb] to make a god of

Question 6

deity

Answer 6

[noun] a god or goddess

Question 6

divine

Answer 6

[transitive verb]

(1) to foretell by supernatural means
(2) to know by intuition or insight

Question 7

theocracy

Answer 7

[noun] government by divine power or priests

Question 7

divinity

Answer 7

[noun]

(1) a god or goddess
(2) the state or being divine
(3) the study of Christian theology

Question 7

pantheism

Answer 7

[noun] identifying god with nature; belief in all gods

Question 7

apotheosis

Answer 7

[noun]

(1) making a god of something; deification
(2) a glorified ideal; an essence

Question 7

atheist

Answer 7

[noun] a person who believes there is no god

Question 7

pantheon

Answer 7

[noun] all the gods of a people or religion (When capitalized, Pantheon refers to the circular domed temple in Rome built in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the gods.)`

Question 8

theology

Answer 8

[noun] the study of religion

Question 8

execrate

Answer 8

[transitive verb] to denounce as evil or vile; to curse; to detest

Question 9

consecrate

Answer 9

[transitive verb]
(1) to make or declare something sacred
(2) to dedicate something to a goal

Question 10

sacrament

Answer 10

[noun] something considered to have sacred significance

Question 10

sacrilege

Answer 10

[noun] disrespect to something regarded as sacred

Question 11

sacrosanct

Answer 11

[adjective] sacred (often used ironically)

Question 12

sanctimonious

Answer 12

[adjective] pretending to be righteous

Question 12

sanction

Answer 12

[noun]
(1) approval; support; permission
(2) (usually plural) a penalty for breaking with law or custom

[transitive verb] to approve; to encourage

Question 12

sanctity

Answer 12

[noun] godliness; holiness

Question 12

sanctuary

Answer 12

[noun] a sacred place; any place of refuge

Question 12

hierarchy

Answer 12

[noun] a group organized by rank

Question 13

hieroglyphic

Answer 13

[noun] (1) written with pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words (2) hard to read

Question 14

expiate

Answer 14

[transitive verb] to make amends; to atone for

Question 14

piety

Answer 14

[noun] religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents

Question 14

impious

Answer 14

[adjective] sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect

Question 15

Deus

Answer 15

Latin- god

Question 15

pittance

Answer 15

[noun] a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary

Question 15

divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum,

Answer 15

Latin- to foretell

Question 16

Divinus

Answer 16

Latin- divine

Question 17

Theos

Answer 17

Greek- god

Question 18

Sacer

Answer 18

Latin- sacred

Question 19

Sanctus

Answer 19

Latin- holy

Question 20

Hieros

Answer 20

Greek- holy, sacred, supernatural

Question 21

pio, piare, piavi, , piatum

Answer 21

Latin- to appease, to purify