Values
1. Principles (morals, standards, ethics, ideology)
Beliefs
1. Viewpoint, thinking (certainty)
2. Way of life, tenet (conviction)
3. Faith and confidence in spiritual truth (doctrine, dogma)
Integrity
1. With honesty (trustworthiness, truthfulness, reliability)
2. Devotion to uprightness, honor, and character
Tradition
1. habit or continuing pattern handed down over time (custom, ritual, practice)
Special Rules
1. a formal court order by a referee
2. a set of guidelines that is particular to a subject
Reason
1. grounds, rationale (basis, foundation, argument)
2. Cause, motive, motivation
Analysis/Analytic/Analytical
1. examination (scrutiny, investigation)
2. logical inspection for proof, breaking down into its parts (systematic, methodical, organized)
Abstract
1. theoretical (intangible, conceptual) [adjective]
2. conjectural, speculative [noun]
3. a single paragraph stating a research project or written piece's main points and outcomes (summary, synopsis)
Perspective
1. Ideas, viewpoint (perception)
Persuading
1. The act of influencing a person to decide a specific way (convince)
2. To appeal to reason, to get another to make a choice between two or more items, directions, or actions
Convincing
1. Persuading with evidence (to sway toward a decision)
Discourse
1. Spoken dialogue or conversation (discussion, communication)
Active Voice
1. The placement of the verb so that the subject is doing the acting
2. The opposite of passive voice
Passive Voice
1. The placement of words in a sentence where the subject is acted on by the verb, often using the forms of "to be"
2. The opposite of active voice
Eloquence
1. Expressive and articulate use of words (fluency, ease)
2. Speaking persuasively (powerful effectiveness in speech)
Ambivalent/Ambivalence
1. Unsure, hesitant, undecided
2. Having two possible beliefs (conflicting feelings)
Omnipotent
1. All-powerful (supreme, unstoppable, invincible)
Omniscient
1. unlimited knowledge and understanding of all things
Omnipresent
1. ever-present (all-pervading, everywhere, ubiquitous)
Propitiatory/Propitiation
1. [adjective] making propitiation (appeasing, conciliatory, peace-making)
2. [noun] the action of the Grace of God through Jesus Christ on the Cross, where the wrath of God is appeased by Jesus' atonement and payment for our sin, and we are brought right
Inveterate
1. chronic or habitual, deep-rooted
2. set in ways, hardened, or incurable, as in a bad habit
Contemporary
1. modern-day and current