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Vocab Flashcards
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agrarian | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property: pertaining to the advancement of agricultural groups. |
| communal | used or shared in common by everyone in a group |
| Filial | Genetics. pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parental generation. |
| Monarchy | a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. |
| Pastoral | pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural;portraying or suggesting idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country, as a work of literature, art, or music |
| Subsistence | the minimum (as of food and shelter) necessary to support life |
| Archeology | the scientific study of material remains (as fossil relics, artifacts, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| edifice | a large or massive structure |
| Incarnation | the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form (2)capitalized: the union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ |
| Nomadic | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of nomads |
| Venerate | to honour in recognition of qualities of holiness, excellence, wisdom, etc |
| Patriarch | a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. |
| Egalitarian | asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life. |
| Indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native |
| Sedentary | abiding in one place; not migratory. pertaining to animals that move about little |
| Civilization | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. |
| Era | a point of time from which succeeding years are numbered, as at the beginning of a system of chronology: |
| Metallurgy | the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties. |
| Pagan | one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks. |
| Stratification | the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class: |
| oracle | a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements. |