Week 24 Flashcards
Anthropologist
An expert in the study of the races, beliefs, customs etc of mankind
Bizzare
Odd, peculiar, strange, weird
Inanimate
Lifeless
Fetish
An object that is thought to have magic powers
Artefact
An object made by hand, rather than a thing that occurs in nature
Taboo
Forbidden by custom or religious practice
Imprudent
Unwise, not careful
Prohibition
The act of forbidding certain behaviour
Imperative
Urgent, necessary, compulsory
Taint
Contamination, undesirable substance that spoils something
Universal
Present everywhere
Contemptuous
Expressing a feeling that something is worthless
Absurd
Ridiculous
Bigot
A person who is intolerant of other people or ideas
Abhor
To detest, to despise
Vulnerable
Capable of being injured
Entreaty
Appeal plea
Tradition
A custom that has been handed down
Originate
Begin, arise
Inviolable
Safe (from destruction, etc.)