ETYMOLOGY

 

 A Room With A View (1985)

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Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. The commandments include instructions to worship only God, to honour one's parents, and to keep the sabbath, as well as prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, theft, dishonesty, and coveting. Different religious groups follow different traditions for interpreting and numbering them.

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The Road Not Taken

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VOCABULARY

umbrage noun 

  >> take umbrage : to feel upset or annoyed, usually because you feel that someone has been rude or shown no respect to you

extolto verb / praise something or someone very much

fatuous adjective / stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about

vilify verb / to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them

insidious adjective /  gradually and secretly causing harm

bogus adjective / false, not real, or not legal

propriety noun /  correct moral behaviour or actions

intrinsic adjective / being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing

sanction noun /  an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law

requisite adjective / necessary or needed for a particular purpose

capricious adjective / changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly

diversity noun / the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people

 

delve verb / to search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information