1. UMBR“shadow” An umbr/ella creates a small shadow.

2. Umber: a darkish brown mineral containing manganese and iron oxides used for coloring paint; a color that is greenish brown to dark reddish brown

3. Adumbrate: to give a sketchy outline or disclose in part; to hint at or foretell

4. Penumbra: the partial shadow surrounding a complete shadow, as in an eclipse; the fringe or surrounding area where something exists less fully

5. Umbrage: a feeling of resentment at some slight or insult, often one that is imagined rather than real

6. VEST“to clothe”“to dress”(verb) “clothing”“garment”(noun)

7. Divest: to get rid of or free oneself of property, authority, or title; to strip of clothing, ornaments, or equipment

8. Investiture: the formal placing of someone in office

9. Transvestite: a person, especially a male, who wears the clothing and adopts the mannerisms of the opposite sex Prefix trans-: across “cross-dresser”

10. Travesty: an inferior or distorted imitation; a broadly comic imitation in drama, literature, or art that is usually grotesque and ridiculous

11. THE/THEO“god”

12. Apotheosis: transformation into a god; the perfect example

13. Atheistic: denying the existence of God or divine power Atheist(person)

14. Pantheon: a building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation; a group of notable persons or things

15. Theocracy: government by officials who are regarded as divinely inspired; a state governed by a theocracy

16. ICONGreek eikon“image”

17. Icon: a religious image usually painted on a small wooden panel:idol ; emblem, symbol

18. Iconic: symbolic; relating to a greatly admired and successful person or thing

19. Iconoclast: a person who destroys religious images or opposes their use; a person who attacks settled beliefs of institutions

20. Iconography: the imagery and symbolism of a work of art or an artist; the study of artistic symbolism

21. URBLatin noun “city”

22. Urbane: sophisticated and with polished manners

23. Exurban: relating to a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and often is inhabited chiefly by well- to-do families

24. Interurban: going between or connecting cities or towns

25. Urbanization: the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas