VOCABULARY LIST #1                               NAME: __________________ FALL 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------- agnostic (ag NOS tik):          (noun) Someone who believes that                                              there can be no proof that God exists                                              but doesn't deny the possibility that                                              God exists. He claims he became an agnostic as a child because he couldn't accept the notion of a wrathful God. ------------------------------------------------------------------- pariah (puh RYE ah):           (noun) An outcast; a person rejected                                              by society or his immediate circle. In biblical times, a leper was a pariah. ------------------------------------------------------------------- myriad (MEER ee ud):        (adjective; noun) Many in number;                                              literally means 10,000. Saul has his thousands but David has his myriads. ------------------------------------------------------------------- euphemism (YOO fuh miz um):   (noun) a mild or indirect word or                                                     phrase that is substituted for one                                                     considered too harsh or indelicate. "To meet one's Maker" is a euphemism for dying. ------------------------------------------------------------------- hedonist (HEE duh nist):      (noun) A person who believes that                                              pleasure is the chief aim of life and                                              lives life that way. Hedonists are strictly self-centered. ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: