AP World History, Chapter 16 Flashcards

246387615	enumerated	listed, counted	0
246387616	innovations	new ways of doing things	1
246387617	syphilis	an STD that attacks many parts of the body and is caused by a small bacterium called a spirochete	2
246387618	heresies	beliefs said to be contrary to official church teachings	3
246387619	sects	Religious societies of a few people, usually with a preacher as their leader.	4
246387620	acuity	sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)	5
246387621	penances	Confessions	6
246387622	theology	the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth	7
246387623	ostentations	done to impress others, showy, pretentious	8
246387624	celibate	abstaining from intercourse	9
246387625	animosity	a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility	10
246387626	recanted	reject a formerly held belief, usually under pressure	11
246387627	aberration	a state or condition markedly different from the norm	12
246387628	heliocentric	having the sun as the center	13
246387629	subordination	the quality of obedient submissiveness	14
246387630	tedious	so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness, long and tiresome	15
246387631	buttress	make stronger or defensible	16
246387632	apex	the highest point (of something)	17
246387633	eccliastical	of or relating to a church	18
246387634	absolutism	a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)	19
246387635	prose	matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression	20
246387636	ascendancy	controlling influence; domination	21
246387637	continuity	the property of a continuous and connected period of time	22
246387638	theological	relating to the study of God	23
246387639	antiquity	an artifact surviving from the past	24
246387640	reconciliation	the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute	25
246387641	sythesis	the combination of seperate parts into a unified whole	26
246387642	devoid	completely lacking	27
246387643	diocese	The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church	28
246387644	vernacular	the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)	29
246387645	interrogation	an instance of questioning	30
246387646	ingenious	showing inventiveness and skill	31
246387647	elliptical	oval; missing a word or words; obscure	32
246387648	bourgeoisie	the social class between the lower and upper classes	33
246387649	acute	extremely sharp or intense	34
246387650	dowry	money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage	35
246387651	annul	declare invalid	36
246387652	annexed	formally added	37
246387653	dissent	a difference of opinion	38
246387654	corruption	lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)	39
246387655	scandalous	giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation	40
246387656	absolutions	freedom from blame or guilt	41
246387657	pious	devoutly religious	42
246387658	denunciation	a public act of denouncing	43
246387659	curtailing	holding back	44
246387660	linguistics	the humanistic study of language and literature	45
246387661	adherents	believers, followers	46
246387662	secular	worldly	47
246387663	malevolence	the quality of threatening evil	48
246387664	celestial	of heaven or the spirit	49
246387665	caprice	a sudden desire	50
246387666	metalurgy	development of metal tools and goods.	51
246387667	pervasive	spreading throughout	52
246387668	guilds	business associations	53
246387669	innovation	the creation of something in the mind	54
246387670	coercing	To dominate, restrain, or control forcibly	55
246387671	dissenter	A person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders	56