Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
coalition
|
comination or alliance
|
|
|
covenant
|
solemn agreement or compact
|
|
|
fetish
|
something worshiped for its magical power
|
|
|
talisman
|
object with magical powers
|
|
|
amulet
|
charm worn to ward off evil
|
|
|
diabolism
|
devil worship sorcery or witchcraft
|
|
|
necromancy
|
divination
|
|
|
exorcism
|
process of driving away evil spirits
|
|
|
idolatry
|
worship of idols
|
|
|
incentive
|
stimulus, that which stirs one to do or be
|
|
|
incubus
|
nightmare, depressing burden
|
|
|
insurrection
|
armed uprising or rebellion
|
|
|
boycott
|
peaceful rebolt in which one refuses the goods or services of the object of the revolt
|
|
|
riot
|
small, unorginized revolt
|
|
|
uprising
|
outbreak against the government
|
|
|
mutiny
|
revolt, especially by a ship's crew or a military unit.
|
|
|
revolution
|
may be violent or peaceful, like a longer revolt
|
|
|
paradox
|
self-contradictory statement or condition
|
|
|
paragon
|
perfect model or pattern
|
|
|
plagiarism
|
the stealing of ideas, the stolen ideas
|
|
|
solstice
|
time when the sun is farthest from the equator
|
|
|
aesthetic
|
responsive to beauty, artistic
|
|
|
chiimerical
|
of the nature of fantasy, imaginary
|
|
|
chimera
|
fire breathing monster witha lion's head, goats body, and serpents tail.
|
|
|
quixotic
|
a person who is a visionary or deluded individual, extravagantly chivalrous.
|
|
|
exotic
|
strange, foreign
|
|
|
forensic
|
peraining to public debate, oratorical
|
|
|
ineffable
|
unutterable, inexpressible
|
|
|
maudlin
|
weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental
|
|
|
occult
|
of a magical nature, mysterious
|
|
|
portentous
|
foreshadowing evil, awe-inspiring
|
|
|
relevant
|
perinent, bearing on the topic
|
|
|
apropos
|
relevent
|
|
|
sadistic
|
cruel, fond of cruelty
|
