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100

Deus

What is "god"?

100

Ignominious

Nomen

100

Theos

What is "god"?

100

God

Deus, Theos
100

Graffiti

What are words scratched or scribbled on a wall?

200

Divinus

What is to fortell by supernatural means?

200

Analogy

Logos

200

Onoma

What is "name"?

200

Guided by one's sense of right or wrong; Thorough; with careful attention.

Conscientious

200

Cognizant

What is "to be aware, have knowledge of something"?

300

Pio, PIare, Piavi, Piatum

What is "to appease," "to purify"?

300

Epigram

Gramma

300

Logos

What is "speech, word, reason"?

300

Features of an area, such as rivers, mountains and roads.

Topography

300

Sapient

What is "to taste, to perceive or to be sensible or wise"?

400

Hieros

What is "holy, sacred, supernatural"?

400

Proscribe

Scribe

400

Graphein

What is "to scratch or draw"?

400

Specialized dictionary; specialized vocabulary of a particular topic

Lexicon

400

Plebiscite

What is "a direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an important matter; a referendum."

500

Scribo, Scribere, Scripsi, Scriptum

What is "to write"?

500

Obliterate

littera

500

Gramma

What is a "picture, letter, piece of writing"?

500

Lithograph

A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surfact is treated so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed.

500

Prescience

What is "knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge"?

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