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Glossary (Revelation 17)
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Abhorrence:
A feeling of horror or loathing.
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Abomination:
Something that elicits great dislike or abhorrence.
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Abyss:
An immeasurably profound depth or void.
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Angel:
A guardian spirit or guiding influence.
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Animosity:
Bitter hostility or open enmity.
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Antagonism:
The condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor.
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Apathy:
Indifference.
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Authority:
The power to command, enforce laws, exact obedience, determine, or judge.
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Beast:
A brutal or vile person.
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Blasphemous:
Impiously irreverent.
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Blood:
Bloodshed; murder.
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Brutal:
Cruel.
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Burn:
To cause to undergo combustion.
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Carnal:
Sensual.
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Carry:
To bear or convey from one place to another; transport.
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City:
A center of population, commerce, and culture.
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Combustion:
Violent anger or agitation.
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Commerce:
The buying and selling of goods, esp. on a large scale, as between nations.
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Composite:
Something made up of distinct components; compound.
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Compound:
A combination of two or more elements or parts.
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Conquer:
Win.
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Constitution:
The composition or structure of something.
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Contend:
To compete, as in a race; vie.
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Contention:
An act of contending.
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Contrary:
Opposite in direction or position.
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Convey:
(1) To take or carry from one place to another; transport. (2) To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit. (3) To communicate or make known; impart.
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Copious:
Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply.
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Culture:
The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought characteristic of a community or population.
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Deprave:
Corrupt.
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Desolate:
Ruined.
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Destruction:
The condition of being destroyed.
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Disposition:
Temperament.
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Drunk:
Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties.
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Earth:
(1) All of the human inhabitants of the world. (2) Worldly affairs and pursuits, as distinguished from spiritual concerns.
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Eat:
To consume, ravage, or destroy by or as if by eating.
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Effeminate:
Characterized by weakness and excessive refinement.
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Elate:
To excite pride or joy in.
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Elegance:
Restraint and grace of style.
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Enmity:
Deep-seated mutual hatred.
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Exhilarate:
To make cheerful; elate.
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Exhilaration:
The state of being exhilarated.
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Feminine:
Effeminate.
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Fire:
A torment, trial, or tribulation.
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Flesh:
One's carnal nature.
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Harlot:
A prostitute.
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Hate:
To feel animosity or hostility toward.
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Hatred:
Violent hostility or animosity.
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Head:
The seat of the faculty of reason; intelligence, intellect, or mind.
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Heart:
Emotional constitution, disposition, or mood.
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Horn:
A signaling device.
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Hostility:
Antagonism; enmity.
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Hour:
A particular time.
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Humility:
Lack of pride.
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Ignoble:
Dishonorable.
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Imminent:
About to occur; impending.
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Immoral:
Contrary to moral principles.
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Immorality:
An immoral act or practice.
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Impairment:
The condition of being diminished in strength, value, quantity, or quality.
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Impious:
Lacking due respect or dutifulness.
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Incite:
To provoke to action; stir up or urge on.
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Indifference:
The state or quality of being indifferent.
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Indifferent:
Not active or involved; neutral.
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Intoxicate:
To induce, esp. by the effect of ingested alcohol, any of a series of progressively deteriorating states ranging from exhilaration to stupefaction.
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Irreverent:
Lacking in due respect.
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Judicial:
Of, pertaining to, or proper to the administration of justice.
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Judgment:
A judicial decision.
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Just:
Properly due or merited.
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Justice:
Something that is just or due.
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King:
A monarch.
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Kingdom:
An area, province, or realm in which one thing is dominant.
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Lamb:
A young sheep, esp. one not yet weaned.
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Loathe:
To dislike greatly.
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Meek:
Showing patience and humility; gentle.
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Merited:
Earned; deserved.
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Monarch:
One that surpasses others in power.
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Moral:
Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character and behavior.
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Mountain:
(1a) A large heap. (1b) A huge quantity.
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Mutual:
Directed and received in equal amount.
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Naked:
Stripped or bare.
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Name:
A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
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Overcome:
To defeat in competition or conflict; conquer.
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Paramount:
Supreme in rank, power, or authority.
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Perilousness:
A condition of imminent danger; exposure to the risk of harm or loss.
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Person:
The composite of characteristics that make up an individual personality.
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Polish:
Elegance of style or manners.
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Power:
The ability or capacity to act or perform effectively.
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Principle:
A rule or standard.
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Profuse:
Copious.
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Profusion:
The state of being profuse; abundance.
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Prostitute:
One who sells his abilities or name to an unworthy cause.
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Province:
A comprehensive area of knowledge, activity, or interest.
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Purpose:
The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; goal; aim; determination; resolution.
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Realm:
A field, sphere, or province.
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Refine:
To acquire polish or elegance.
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Refinement:
The state of being refined.
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Reign:
To exercise sovereign power.
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Ruin:
Total destruction or disintegration rendering something formless, useless, or valueless.
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Sensual:
Lacking in moral or spiritual interests.
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Sheep:
One who is meek and submissive.
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Signal:
Something that incites action.
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Sit:
To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials.
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Sovereign:
Paramount; supreme.
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Stupefaction:
The act of stupefying.
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Stupefy:
To dull the senses of; put into a stupor.
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Stupor:
A state of reduced sensibility; torpor.
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Style:
The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed.
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Superiority:
The condition of being higher in rank, station, or authority.
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Supreme:
Dominant.
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Temperament:
The manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific individual.
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Torpor:
Apathy.
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Transmit:
To cause to spread.
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Vie:
To strive for superiority.
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Vile:
Depraved; ignoble.
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Void:
An empty space; vacuum; gap.
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War:
A condition of active antagonism or contention.
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Wilderness:
Something likened to a wild region in bewildering vastness, perilousness, or unchecked profusion.
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Wine:
Something that intoxicates or exhilarates.
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Wisdom:
(1) Understanding of what is true, right, or lasting. (2) Common sense; good judgment.
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Woman:
A person with a feminine quality or aspect.
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