Agnosticism

[ag-nos-ti-siz-cism]

n.

The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge.

The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist.

Accentuate

[airk-cen-chu-wait]

–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to give emphasis or prominence to.
2. to mark or pronounce with an accent.

Aptly

[app-t-ly]

adverb

In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

apt (noun)

1. Exactly suitable; appropriate: an apt reply.
2. Having a natural tendency; inclined: She is apt to take offense easily.
3. Quick to learn or understand:

Advent

noun

1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season.
2. (usually initial capital letter) the coming of Christ into the world.
3. (initial capital letter) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.

Abstinence

[ab-stern-nence]

noun
1: voluntary forbearance especially from indulgence of an appetite or craving or from eating some foods

2 a: habitual abstaining from intoxicating beverages b: abstention from sexual intercourse