Vocabulary Flashcards
(22 cards)
Allegory
Personifying a concept
Haste
To move quickly
Sloth
Extreme laziness; one who does not work to improve oneself. Not using the gift has given to further develop oneself.
Envy
To covet the possession of another so much, that one is unable to see and enjoy their own future.
Lust
An satiable sexual desire driven by the flesh
Soliloquy
A spoken solo
Monogamous
Stay with one person
Insatiable
Unable to be fulfilled gratified
Covet
To have a strong desire for
Pride
To be full of hubris in such a way that one is unable to accept their place in the world one is prideful, challenge order and challenges god.
Seven deadly sins
Envy, greed, sloth, lust, gluttony, wrath , pride
Greed
To be so consume with the desire to keep worldly and material possession.
Charity
The act of giving unselfishly.
Philanthropy
The act of giving abundantly so that a positively effect is indoor ing.
Seven heavenly virtues
Chastity, temperance , charity , diligence , patience , humility, kindness.
Comic relief
A point of a drama in which there had been a tragic and humor has been inserted to lighten up the mood.
Catalysts
A person or thing that causes an event or changes
Morals
A personal set of rules that one lives by they refuse to go against despite worldly pressure.
Complacent
Have no affect, apathetic , unmovable
Foreshadowing
A technique used by authors in which they use characters and setting to hint at what might happen next in the story
Tyrant
A person who rules with fear.
Usurp
To take a place or role unfairly
