Screwtape Letters - 1 - Vocab

Race

Kind, as in human kind

Hail

traditional, enthusiastic greeting

Materialist

A person who believes that matter, not spirit or soul, is the fundamental substance of nature and all things

Knack

A clever, expedient, or specific way of doing something

Just

Accurate or merited

Chronology

The sequential order in which a series of past events occurred

Rationing

A system or process of strictly limiting the amount of scarce commodity

Diabolical

Characteristic of the “devil” or “evil”

Terrestrial

Relating to earth or living on land

Naïve

Showing lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement

Chain of Reasoning

A series of connected logical arguments or statements where each point depends on the previous on to reach a final conclusion

Jargon

Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand

Reason

The power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgements logically

Abominable

Very bad or unpleasant

Totter

Become unstable as if about to fall, collapse, or crumble

Undone

Refined or defeated

Quite

A signal of agreement

Unalterable

Not capable of being changed; permanent and fixed

Inarticulate

Unable to express oneself clearly or eloquently

Aberrations

Departures from what is normal, usual, or expected

Fuddle

To confuse or stupefy someone