Believing
What is atheist?
The singular form of "criteria" is this word.
What is criterion?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" uses this literary device.
What is alliteration?
This leave-taking or farewell speech should feel very near and dear to your heart at the moment.
What is a valediction?
Most commonly used to mean "able to read and write", this word can also refer to someone knowledgeable or educated.
This word is a synonym for god or goddess.
What is a deity?
This word is the adjective form of "hypocrisy".
What is hypocritical?
FOMO, an abbreviation using the first letters of its words, is an example of this.
What is acronym?
Meaning "choice of words in speech or writing", this is a word we've discussed a lot this year.
What is diction?
Well-known criminals, despots, and other baddies might be described with this word, a synonym for "infamous".
What is notorious?
Iran is one of these--a government run by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
ROYGBIV is an example of this kind of "device", used here to help you remember the colors of the rainbow.
What is mnemonic?
A violinist might do this to a piece of music written for the piano if she wants to play it on her violin.
What is transcribe?
We use this word to describe something that is repeated or copied word for word.
What is verbatim?
Everyone's favorite on a Word Roots quiz, this is a comparison between things that are alike in some ways.
What is an analogy?
This word can mean opposite things: either approval or support, OR a penalty for breaking the law.
What is sanction?
What is orthodox?
Although they sound similar, this word means "to denounce or condemn"--NOT "advise and order the use of a medicine to someone".
What is proscribe?
This spelling of a word that has a homophone means "to write or compose"--but not something as humdrum as a grocery list.
What is i-n-d-i-t-e?
What is an apologist?
Someone who falls for, "Look! Your name is on the ceiling!" can rightfully be called this.
What is credulous?
An expert, especially in matters of art and taste, can be called this.
What is a connoisseur?
Oscar Wilde's "I can resist everything except temptation" is an example of one of these short, witty sayings.
What is an epigram?
"Beating around the bush" or "talking in circles" are colloquial ways of saying someone is engaging in this.
What is circumlocution?
Burning a Bible or drawing unflattering pictures of the prophet Muhammed is considered to be this--disrespect to something seen as sacred.
What is sacrilegious?