Vocabulary Words

die - a device used to shape materials by stamping or punching

obelisk - a four sided usually stone shaft tapering to a pyramidal point

statute - law enacted by legislative assembly of a nation or state

tenet - principle, belief

testimonial - statement of a person’s good character or value

 

Vocabulary in the Document (Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1779)

antagonist - opponent, adversary, enemy 

coercions - restraints, domination by force, enforcement

ecclesiastical - divine, perceive intuitively

emolument - earnings, compensation, expense, pay

hypocrisy - dishonesty, an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

impious - lacking piety or reverence, lacking due respect or dutifulness

incapacitation - disable, invalid, made powerless

infallible - unfailing, certain, sure, positive

infringement - violation, offense, injustice  

insusceptible - insensible to, unresponsive, unaffected by

involuntarily - not done willingly

irrevocable - final

manifested - revealed, displayed

propagate - disperse, distribute, communicate, convey

proscribing - disallow, forbid, prohibit

supposition - guess, assumption, hypothesis, prediction, conjecture, a message expressing an opinion on incomplete evidence  

tyrannical - dictatorial, bullying, harsh, oppressive
 

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