Vocabulary CKLA Unit 6, Lessons 1-4

material made from animal skin and used as a writing surface

• contraption

• instituation

• lever

• parchment

not connected to religion

• secular

• devout

• heresy

• recant

to publicly take back and opinion expressed in the past

• reform

• recant

• revolutionize

• rhythm

beliefs or opinions that challenge, or go against, the beliefs or opinions of those in power

• devout

• heresy

• reform

• revolutionize

to come down

• descend

• devout

• revolutionize

• reform

a machine or device that is strange and/or complex

• lever

• rhythm

• parchment

• contraption

a regularly repeated motion or sound

• descend

• revolutionize

• rhythm

• reform

the act of treating someone unfairly or cruelly because of his or her religious beliefs

• revolutionize

• persecution

• contraption

• parchment

an improvement; to form again

• persecution

• devout

• reform

• recant

an organization set up for a specific purpose

• contraption

• lever

• persecution

• institution