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Academic Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Egalitarian | People are equal |
Kinship | Blood relationship |
Patriarchy | A descent is traced through the male line and a system or government in which the father or the eldest male is head of the family |
Hindrance | A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or something |
Elite | A select group that is superior in terms of abilities or qualities to the rest of a group or society |
Pastoral | Related to the keeping or gazing of sheep or cattle |
Stratified | Organize or arrange |
Conduit | A channel for convey water or other fluid |
Artisan | A worker in skilled trade |
Textile | Type of cloth or fabric |
Metallurgy | The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metal and their production and purification |
Surplus | an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand |
Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives |
Fertility | he action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote |
Mobilized | prepare and organize (troops) for active service |
Divine | like God or a god/excellent; delightful. |
Monumental | great in importance, extent, or size |
Veneration | great respect; reverence |
Diffuse | spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people. |
Razed | completely destroy |
Rein Forced | strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material |
Diaspora | the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. |
Piety | the quality of being religious or reverent. |
Divergent | tending to be different or develop in different directions |