Vocabulary Unit 4 - Worship & Forgiveness

Absolve

(verb) set or declare (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt

Abstemious

(adjective) Markey by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol

Abstain

(verb) to chose not to do/have something; to refrain deliberately, often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice

Atone (for)

(verb) to make amends; to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome

deify

(verb) to make a god of; to take as an object of worship

elegy

(noun) a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

genuflect

(verb) to bend the knee; to kneel, especially in worship

penitent

(adjective & noun) repentant; contrite; feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offense

revelation

(noun) something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized

reverence

(noun) a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration

venerate

(verb) to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference; to honor with a ritual act of devotion

Ardent

(adjective) characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate, fervent; intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous

clemency

(noun) disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment

martyr

(noun & verb) a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause

sectarian

(adjective & noun) of, relating to, or characteristic of a a sect OR a narrow or bigoted person