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31 Cards in this Set
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Theocracy |
A government by people claiming to rule with divine authority |
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Providence |
Divine guidance or care (god conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny) |
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Puritanical |
Very strict especially concerning morals and religion |
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Inculcation |
To cause something to be learned by someone by repeating it again and again |
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Propitiation |
To make someone pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired |
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Ameliorate |
To make something, such as a problem, better or less painful |
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Theology |
The study of religious faith, practice, and experience |
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Vestry |
A small room in a church where a priest dresses for the services and where holy items used during services are kept |
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Apparition |
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost (specter, phantom, wraith) |
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Trafficked |
The movement of vehicles, ships, people, in an area |
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Blink |
Deny, ignore |
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Dissembling |
To give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature |
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Conjure |
To affect or influence by or as if by invocation spell |
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Vindictive |
Disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful |
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Propriety |
Conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners |
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Diametrically |
In direct opposition |
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Defamation |
False or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel; columny |
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Malign |
To speak harmful untruths about, speak evil, defame |
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Fiend |
Satan, the devil |
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Iniquity |
Gross injustice or wickedness |
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Malevolence |
Wishing evil or harm to another or others, showing ill will, ill disposed; malice, hatred |
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Contempt |
The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain, scorn |
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Prosecutor |
A person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding |
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Deposition |
Removal from an office or position |
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Plaintiff |
A person who brings suit in a court |
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Guile |
Insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity |
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Reprieve |
To delay the impending punishment or sentence of a condemned person |
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Indictment |
A formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes |
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Conspiracy |
An evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more people, plot |
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Purged |
To rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify |
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Penitence |
Regret for wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; reprentance |
