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vocab 3
Term | Definition |
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abhorrent | offensive, hateful |
adaptive | to adjust to change or the enviroment |
anthropologist | studies human culture |
baffled | confused, puzzle |
chronic | ongoing, continous |
clique | small exclusive group |
conform | to act similiar to others |
consensus | agreement |
crucial | very important, essential |
depraved | morally corrupt |
derive | to come from a source, originate |
eroding | wear away slowly |
folkways | the oridinary rules of everyday life |
gait | how you walk |
heterogeneous | made of many different things |
inferred | to draw a conclusion from evidence |
insistent | persistertly question/ demand |
instantaneous | instantly, right now |
legacy | s.t. handed down from generation to generation |
loathsome | abhorrent, hateful |
mores | much more powerfulnorms,are treated more seriously |
norms | the rules that guide behavior in everyday situation |
pitfall | a hidden danger |
poignant | moving, emotionally affecting away |
post-partum | after birth |
run counter to | to go agaisnt |
sanctions | punishment(mild or severe) |
smirk | self-salisfied, or offensive smile |
socialization | education of the individual into a societys norm & values |
taboo | powerful prohibition agaisnt act that societys norms 7values |
universal | everywhere, all around |
values | socially shared ideas about what is good,right, and desirable |
wean | slowly stop |