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academic vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Egalitarian | relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. |
kinship | blood relationship. |
patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. |
hindrance | a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone. |
elite | a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society. |
pastoral | (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. "scattered pastoral farms" |
stratified | arrange or classify. |
conduit | a channel for conveying water or other fluid. |
artisan | a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand. |
textile | a type of cloth or woven fabric |
metallurgy | the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals 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 | the quality of being fertile; productiveness. |
mobilized | (of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service. |
divine | of, from, or like God or a god. |
monumental | great in importance, extent, or size. |
urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city. |
monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. |
razed | completely destroy (a building, town, or other site). |
reinforced | 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. |