Vocabulary: fall list #2

Faith- trust or confidence in someone or something

Threshold- wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway or entering a house or room

Tarry- of, like, or covered, with tar

Resolve- find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter).

Discern- recognize, notice, see, etc..

Martyr- person who is killed, because of their religious or other beliefs

Mirth- cheerfulness, exhilaration

Catechism- principles, christian religion in form of questions & answers

Pious- religious, godly

Frenzy- wild behavior, madness

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