Vocabulary for Lesson 2 (Quiz 1b.2)

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Learning is work. There are multiple ways to study. Different study strategies will work differently for each student. Serious students should try all of them several (6-7) times to see how they work when done well. For the best learning, every student will likely need to use more than one strategy and switch between them. Here are some tips:

  1. Use multiple senses: read, speak, and hear the material aloud. Then, write your version with a pencil into your notebook and notice how that feels. Then, read your own definition aloud as you study. (combine with the next two strategies)
  2. Use your brain: condense the definitions into a form that makes sense to you. Identify key words for every definition. Think of synonyms that you would use. (combine with the other strategies)
  3. Use your body: say your definition and act it out with an expressiveness that fits the meaning.
  4. Use your friends and family: Ask someone to quiz you using spaced repetition for a set amount of time, from your notes. (Example: for 10 minutes, all questions get repeated, but the quicker and more accurate your answer, the longer the interval until that question comes back. Questions you get wrong are repeated sooner.)
  5. Use basic technology: Show all definitions and hide all the terms on this page. Try to remember each term before you show it (by clicking the definition) to check your answer. Then, show all terms and hide the definitions on the page. Only show a definition (by clicking the term) after you have made your best effort to remember your own version of it.
  6. Use tools: Make a stack of index cards with terms on one side and your definitions on the other. When reviewing, don't check the opposite side until you've made your best effort to remember. Sort them into three stacks: Easy, Hard, and Failed. Then re-sort the Failed cards and work through the Hard cards until they are all Easy.
  7. Use advanced technology: On the web (Example: SuperNotes with free signup or with subscription.) or on an app (Example: Anki), create a stack of virtual cards and let the software quiz you. It will use spaced repetition automatically.
  8. Use brute force memorization: Copy a term and definition from this page. Then navigate to Catechesis Contents > Memorization Tool and paste it into the box, then follow the instructions on that page. (Caution: this works quickly for memorizing texts, but must be repeated a few times after a break for long-term recall. It is less effective than the other strategies for understanding what you memorize.)
gossip
The spreading of information about someone, whether true or false, that a person has no God-given right to speak about. It includes the telling of rumors or hearsay, idle talk, and tattling about someone.
slander
A malicious statement that is intended to hurt someone's good name or reputation. It includes the failure to defend a neighbor from the attacks of others by not "putting the best construction on everything" he has done, or by not "explaining his actions in the kindest way."
the three functions of the Law
To "curb" the sinner from the gross outbreakes of sin; to "mirror," reflect, or show the sinner that he is a sinner, that is, to crush, crucify, and kill the sinner; to give the "rule" or "standard" ("guide") of what is good and holy in the sight of God.
to honor
To give respect, reverence, esteem, love, and obedience to those whom God has placed in authority over you.
earthly authorities
Those whom God has placed in positions of authority over us to rule and govern in the home and society, to teach what is right and wrong, and to punish evildoers and reward the good. They include fathers, mothers, the government and its officials, teachers, police, etc.
the sanctity of life
How God defines the worth of human life by the fact that it is created in His image, so that He alone has the right to give it or take it away.
euthanasia (or mercy killing)
Killing a person under the rationale that you are ending his suffering, putting him out of his misery, or speeding up his eventual death, because his "quality of life" is no longer worth living.
neighbor
Anyone in need whom God has "placed in your path," whether he is a friend or an enemy, a believer or an unbeliever.
chaste
To be pure, faithful, modest, disciplined, and chastened in your sexual thoughts, words, and deeds toward others.
one flesh
The union created between a man and a woman through sexual intercourse. In this union fidelity is called for in the marriage vows and required by the nature of the union itself.