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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dowry | money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
| scribe | a writer, copier, or secretary |
| fashioned | made, formed, or shaped |
| auspicious | favorable |
| caste | a social class separated by heredity, rank, profession, or wealth |
| vermillion | a bright red color |
| embroidering | decorated by sewing with thread |
| beckoned | to signal or summon |
| splendor | great light or luster, brilliance |
| pyre | a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material. such a pile for burning a dead body, especially as part of a funeral rite, as in India. |
| unseemly | inappropriate, improper, not suited to the circumstances |
| array | an ordered series or arrangement |
| cunning | sly, crafty, clever |
| solemn | deeply earnest or serious |
| urn | a vase that holds the ashes of a cremated person |
| inauspicious | not favorable |
| rickshaw | a vehicle similar to a three-wheeled bicycle, having a seat for passengers behind the driver |
| garland | a wreath of flowers |
| insolent | arrogant, rude, insulting |
| deformities | a misshapen body part |
| gravely | seriously |
| camphor | oil with an aromatic smell and bitter taste, |
| bandicoot | a large rat of southeast Asia |
| badgered | pestered or harassed |