| acolyte |
a person who assists a clergyman in religious services, especially Roman Catholic. |
| blasphemy |
disrespect or irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable, especially God. |
| catechism |
a summary of the principles of a religion, especially Christianity, in the form of questions and answers. |
| clairvoyant |
possessing the ability to see or know things that are beyond the five senses. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
| ensue |
to occur as the result of an earlier event. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate into awareness or activity. |
| laud |
to praise. |
| modulate |
to vary the loudness, pitch, intensity, or tone of; especially soften or tone down. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |