Lessons 1-3
Straight up and down; vertical
PLUMB
To spread widely (esp. ideas or information); to scatter
DISSEMINATE
to make poor; to take away
IMPOVERISH
ORATOR
Small, flat surfaces on a stone
FACETS
someone who criticizes and devalues an idea
DETRACTOR
A severe bodily injury or emotional shock
TRAUMA
a person living in the same period as another
CONTEMPORARY
unproven principle still held to be true
DOGMA
Unable to be penetrated; not disturbed by
IMPERVIOUS
Marked by cleverness, resourcefulness, or imagination
INGENIOUS
PARAPHERNALIA
Rule with absolute power; tyrant
DESPOT
To insult or offend on purpose
AFFRONT
to lie at rest; to place power in a group or person
REPOSE
Weighed down by; burdened; impeded by
ENCUMBERED
To think about and make guesses
SPECULATE
Not yet fully developed; basic; elementary
RUDIMENTARY
Quality of great age; the ancient world
ANTIQUITY
To pay or reward
REMUNERATE
Set apart as holy; dedicated to a cause
CONSECRATED
VENERATE
to put an idea into a form that can be seen; to incorporate
EMBODY
To cling to; to split with force
CLEAVE
Quality of being generous, calm, and selfless
MAGNAMINITY