burial rites exam vocab

novel by hannah kent

dogmatic

inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true.

intransigent

unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.

bureaucracy

a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

pauper

a very poor person

diminution

a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.

forsaken

abandoned or deserted

parochial

limited scope or outlook

piety

the quality of being religious

pathos

something that evokes sympathy or pity

high modality

words which convey absolute certainty and confidence

antipathy

strong hatred

interpolates

to insert something different in amongst something else to create a contrast

perdition

a Christian term referring to a place of eternal damnation for those who die in sin without repenting

epithet

a label used to brand someone with a particular (often derogatory) attribute

abstruse

difficult to understand