Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in spirit: Feeling or showing enthusiasm; with strong emotional support, even if not physically present.
• with God: Being in the presence or care of God, often after death.
• lie with: To have sexual intercourse with someone.
• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look through: To examine carefully to see what is there
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• to the letter: Following instructions or rules exactly; precisely.
• leave off: To stop doing something.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• fabric: Cloth or material
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• seek: To ask someone for help
• blow: To move something using air
• blend: To combine different elements or substances
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• riddle: Amusing question that has a clever or funny answer
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• pagan: People who do not have a formal religion
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• priest: Person who can perform ceremonies in a religion
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• fasten: To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• testament: Evidence or proof (usually of something good)
• come: To arrive at a place
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• add: To include as well
• mint: Candies with the taste of mint
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• refresh: To refill a person's glass with a drink
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• commonwealth: Group of countries connected politically
• trumpet: Brass wind instrument with a flared bell
• linen: Cloth made from fibers of the flax plant
• exodus: Going out or forth in a large group
• adultery: Sex acts committed outside a marriage
• ark: Thing that affords protection or safety
• scripture: Holy books of a particular religion
• covenant: Solemn promise or vow
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• thou: An old-fashioned word for you
• cumin: Aromatic seed used to flavor food
• sinful: (Acts that) break a religious law
• righteousness: Adhering to moral principles
• commandment: A rule (as one given by God) that must be followed
• restitution: Act of returning something lost or stolen
• heathen: Person of another religion than the speaker's
• handwritten: Being written by hand (i.e. not typed)
• deviance: Action or state that is not normal or not accepted
• messiah: Expected king and savior of the Jewish people
• torah: First five books of the Hebrew Scripture