Reading 2 Definitions

PSC 231

Vaunt

To boast about something

Zeal

great energy or enthusiasm

Polity

a farm or process of civil govt or constitution.

Fantast

Impractical, impulsive person

Unbridled license

complete, unrestrained freedom to act as one pleases

Superfluous

Unnecessary

Impurity

Exemption from punishment.

Vocation

Suitability for a particular career.

Perversity

Behaving in an unacceptable way.

Providence

Divine Guidance or care from God.

Contention

Assertion in an argument

Legses

officia representative

Dereliction

Shamefull failure to fulfill one's duties/organied society

pernicious

having a harmful effect.

Exhoration

Urging someone to do something

Assiduous

showing great care and perseverance

Calumniators

People who maliciously make false and damaging statements accusations about someone. (Slanderers, Defamers, etc.)

Piety

devoutness particularly religious admiration/ worship for God.

Idolatry

Worship of Idols

Iniquity

Immoral or grossly unfair behavior

Seditious

causing people to rebel against the authority of a state/Monarch

sumptuously

rich/luxurious way

Dearth

A scarcity or lack of something

Pestilence

A fatal epidemic disease

Prodigality

reckless and lavish expenditure

Sacrosanct

principle regarded as too important or valuable to interfere with

Rapacious

Aggresively greedy

Indolent

Wanting to avoid activity [lazy)

Impious

Not showing respect/reverence for a God

Licentiousness

lacking legal or moral restraints