264071747 | consecrate | (v) to declare or set apart as holy or sacred; to dedicate to a worthy goal or service; to confirm officially by religious or civil ceremonies | |
264071748 | credo | (n) a system of fundamental beliefs or guiding principle; creed; a formal statement of religious belief | |
264071749 | desecrate | (v) to violate or abuse the sacredness of; profane to treat irreverently or contemptuously, thereby arousing outrage in others | |
264071750 | laudable | (adj) deserving praise; commendable | |
264071751 | pious | (adj) having or exhibiting reverence and earnest compliance in the observance of religion; devout; professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded; marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical | |
264071752 | sacrilegious | (adj) disrespectful or irreverent toward something sacred | |
264071753 | sanctimony | (n) pretended devoutness or righteousness; a hypocritical show of holiness | |
264071754 | sanctity | (n) the quality or condition of being considered sacred; inviolability | |
264071755 | supplicate | (v) to make a humble entreaty to; beseech; to ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; to make a humble and earnest petition; beg | |
264071756 | venerate | (v) to regard with respect, reverence, or deference |
English IV AP Set 15
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