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Academic Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Egalitarian | Relating or believing in the principle that all people are created equal. |
Kinship | Family or blood relationship. |
Patriarchy | A system of government where the father is the head of the family. |
Hinderance | Something that interferes with action or progress. |
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. |
Stratified | Form or arrange into strata. |
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 . |
Fertility | The quality of being fertile . |
Mobilized | To prepare for an active service. |
Divine | A form of a gold like. |
Monumental | Great in importance extent or size. |
Urban | In relating of characteristic of a town or city. |
Monotheism | The doctrine or belief that there is only one God. |
Veneration | Great respect |
Diffuse | Spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people |
Razed | Completely destroyed. |
Reinforced | To strengthen or support with other material. |
Diaspora | The dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. |
Piety | The quality of being religious or reverent. |
Divergent | The tending to be different. |