English IV AP Set 15

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