Set-14 Anthropology

Question 1

Assimilate

Answer 1

To consume and incorporate; to become similar

Question 2

Cremation

Answer 2

The act of burning the dead

Question 3

Domesticate

Answer 3

To make something suitable for being in a home

Question 4

Folklore

Answer 4

Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally

Question 5

Fossilize

Answer 5

To become persevered in clay or ash after death
To become rigid and stuck in old ways

Question 6

Relic

Answer 6

Something left from a long-ago culture, time period, or person

Relics of the war still be found in the sand dunes along this shore.

Question 7

Rite

Answer 7

A ceremony meant to achieve a certain purpose

Many cultures have fertility rites that supposedly make it more likely for women to bear children

Question 8

Saga

Answer 8

A long story about important events long ago

Many American families tell sagas about their ancestors arrival in the United States

Question 9

Ritually

Answer 9

As part of a formal ceremony involving a required sequence of actions

Question 10

Vestige

Answer 10

A visible trace that something once existed

The wilted flowers were the only vestige of their romantic weekend