Unit 3-4 Vocab

Dogma

• something considered as an established opinion

• not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

• inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

• an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted especially to a group of individuals.

Dogmatic

• a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something,

•  inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

• a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.

• a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

Heterodox

• having knowledge or being aware of.

• a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena

• not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

• inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

Agnostic

• a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something,

• the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

• a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena

• the opinion generally held of someone or something; the state of being regarded in a particular way.

Physiognomy

• something considered as an established opinion

• not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

•  the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense

• a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

Prognosis

• an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted especially to a group of individuals.

•  the likely outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery or recurrence.

• a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.

• a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena

Criterion

• fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

• a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.

• a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something,

• an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted especially to a group of individuals.

Hypocrisy

• the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.

•  the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense

•  the opinion generally held of someone or something; the state of being regarded in a particular way.

•  a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena

Amnesty

• a serious mental condition of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior

• a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something,

• an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted especially to a group of individuals.

• call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge or find fault.

Mnemonic

• the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

• a person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

• a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something,

• a serious mental condition of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior