Vocabulary 6 Flashcards

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Bizarre

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Odd, peculiar

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Anthropologist

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An expert in the study of the races, beliefs, customs of mankind

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Inanimate

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Lifeless

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Fetish

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An object thought to have power

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Artifact

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An object made by hand rather than in nature

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Taboo

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Forbidden by custom or religious behavior

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Imprudent

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Unwise, careful

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Prohibition

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Act of forbidding certain behavior

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Imperative

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Urgent, necessary, compulsory

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Taint

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Contamination, undesired substance that spoils something

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Universal

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Present everywhere

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Contemptuous

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Expressing a feeling that something is worthless

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Absurd

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Ridiculous

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Bigot

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A person who is intolerant of other people or ideas

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Abhor

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To detest, despise

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Vulnerable

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Capable of being injured

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Entreaty

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A plea, appeal

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Tradition

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Custom that has been passed down

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Originate

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Begin, arise

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Inviolable

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Safe