| A | B |
|---|
| ideology | a manner of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| paradox | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by church officials |
| heathen | an uncivilized or irreligious person - pagan |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language; nonsense |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| providence | event guided by God or divine leadership |
| dwindling | steadily lessening |
| demonic | possess or influenced by a demon |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge |
| smirched | discredited or disgraced |
| corroborating | supporting with evidence or authority |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| trepidation | apprehension |
| hypocrite | a person who puts on false appearances |
| calumny | the act of uttering false charges or malicious misrepresentations to damage another's reputation |
| inert | motionless; inactive |
| notorious | widely and unfavorably known |
| prodigious | strange; unusual; portentious |
| arbitrate | to determine the outcome of a dispute |
| fathom | to understand |
| defamation | slander (similar to calumny) |
| inculcation | teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| avidly | eagerly |
