Vocabulary Review Units 4-6

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hiatus

Back

a break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause.

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penury

Back

extreme poverty.

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RUPT

Back

to break; a root word used in various terms such as 'rupture'.

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PHIL

Back

to love; a root word used in terms like 'philosophy'.

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THE, THEO

Back

god; a root word used in terms like 'theology'.

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cadence

Back

the rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words.

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agnostic

Back

a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.

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plethora

Back

an excess or overabundance of something.

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SECT

Back

a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong.

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CEDE, CEED, CESS

Back

to go; to yield; a root word used in terms like 'precede'.