Classical Roots D: Lesson 1

Question 1

Accredit

Answer 1

To authorize; To certify; To believe

Question 2

Credence

Answer 2

Belief; Acceptance as true.

Question 3

Creditable

Answer 3

Deserving praise.

Question 4

Credulous

Answer 4

Believing too easily; Gullible.

Question 5

Creed

Answer 5

A statement of belief or principle.

Question 6

Deus

Answer 6

God

Question 7

Deify

Answer 7

To make a god of.

Question 8

Deity

Answer 8

A god or goddess.

Question 9

Divino, Divinare, Divinavi, Divinatum

Answer 9

To foretell

Question 10

Divinus

Answer 10

Divine

Question 11

Divine

Answer 11

1. To foretell by supernatural means.

2. To know by intuition or insight.

Question 12

Divinity

Answer 12

1. A god or goddess; a divine being.
2. The state of being divine.
3. The study of Christian theology.

Question 13

Theos

Answer 13

God

Question 14

Apotheosis

Answer 14

1. Making a god of something; deification.

2. A glorified ideal; an essence.

Question 15

Theocracy

Answer 15

Government by divine power or priests.

Question 16

Theology

Answer 16

The study of religion.

Question 17

Atheist

Answer 17

A person who believes there is no god.

Question 18

Pantheism

Answer 18

Identifying god with nature; belief in all gods.

Question 19

Pantheon

Answer 19

All the gods of a people or religion. (When capitalized, pantheon refers to to the circular domed temple in Rome built in 27 B. C. and dedicated to all the gods.)

Question 20

Credo, Credere, Credidi, Creditum

Answer 20

To believe