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Abate To become less intense or widespread Abet To aid Abjure to renounce, to give something up abode a house or home accord to give or grant acrid sour, tart, having bad taste acute an unwelcome situation adamant hard; stubborn adept very skilled at something adjacent next to something else advocate one who supports a cause affable friendly, good-natured affliction causes pain or suffering ag...

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abash - correct answer to embarrass (disconcert, discomfit, faze, mortify) abate - correct answer to decrease, reduce (dwindle, ebb, recede, flag, wane) aberration - correct answer something different from the usual (anomaly, irregularity, abnormality, deviation) abet - correct answer to aid, act as accomp...

bombastic - (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas requisite - necessary for relief or supply apocryphal - of questionable authenticity laconic - brief and to the point garrulous - full of trivial conversation ascetic - practicing great self-denial taciturn - habitually reserved and uncommunicative tempestuous - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger demarcation - the boundary of a specific area execrable - of ver...

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Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for each era. - Babylonian (606-539). Persian (539-331). Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167). Jewish Self-Rule (167-63). Roman (63BC - AD70). Three crises experienced by the Jews that resulted from the Bab. captivity. - Dissolution of the monarchy, loss of central sanctuary, proximity to Gentiles. Most likely period of time in why synagogue emerged. - Bab. exile Whether idol worship became...

AD - Description of time deriving from the Latin *anno Domini*, "in the year of our Lord," using the birth of Christ as the point of reference. Some prefer to use CE (Common Era) as its equivalent. See BC. Apostles - Term meaning "a messenger" or "one who is sent," applied to the twelve leaders appointed by Jesus (Mark 3:13-19). Qualifications for apostleship included seeing the risen Lord (Acts 1:13-14). Paul could claim apostleship for this reason (1 Cor. 9:1). They are sometimes c...

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