The Renaissance

2. ^say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.
7. ^a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth.
10. ^a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
11. ^the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
14. ^having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
17. ^a print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
18. ^declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result).
19. ^the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.
20. method ^a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

1. ^a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
3. ^officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
4. ^study of humanity
5. ^an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
6. ^the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.
8. ^the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others.
9. ^an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
12. ^a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
13. ^an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
15. ^the action or fact of indulging.
16. ^a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.