A World Lit Only By Fire Flashcards

vocab

197433768	paganism	the belief in many gods and godesses	0
197433769	Neoplatonism	attempt to synthesis plato's views with church; idea that material world is reflection of spiritual world and everything is bound by love	1
197433770	Mithraism	is a cult dedicated to the Persian deity Mithras. It provided divine sanction for human life and for purposeful moral behavior. appealed to soldiers	2
197433771	eviscerate	to remove the entrails (internal organs) from; disembowel	3
197433772	emasculate	having the testicles of a male removed; to weaken	4
197433773	misogyny	hatred of women	5
197433774	lubricity	tendency to sexual stimulation	6
197433775	invested	spent time or effort	7
197433776	cupidity	extreme greed for material wealth	8
197433777	satyrical	sexually related	9
197433778	admixture	mixture	10
197433779	comity	courtesy; civility, respect, harmony	11
197433780	speciosity	being deceptively attractive	12
197433781	vitperative	abusive in language, harsh critisism	13
197433782	apostasy	abandonment or rejection of faith or loyalty	14
197433783	parricide	someone who kills his or her parent	15
197433784	irascible	easily angered	16
197433785	salubrious	healthy	17
197433786	crepitation	poop; crackling noises	18
197433787	derogating	to take away	19
197433788	sophistry	a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument	20
197433789	prerogative	a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence	21
197433790	panjandrum	a very important person	22
197433791	venery	the gratification of sexual desire.	23
197433792	obloquy	verbal abuse, putting- down someone	24
197433793	indefatigable	tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired	25
197433794	eminence	high rank	26