Book VI, Unit 3- Vocabulary From Latin and Greek Roots

vehement

strongly emotional; fierce and passionate

inveigh

to attack strongly in words; to talk or write bitterly against

surmise

to draw a conclusion based on little or no information; to guess

demise

the end of existence; death

remit

to make less or weaker; to forgive or pardon

emblematic

standing for another thing

diabolical

of or like a devil; very wicked or cruel

hyperbole

an exaggeration for effect

episodic

happening in parts or segments

methodical

orderly and regular

synod

a council, especially of churches or church officials