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Academic Vocabulary
World History
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 |
Conduit | a person or organization that acts as a channel for the transmission of something |
Kinship | blood relationship |
Artisan | a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand |
Patriarchy | a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it |
Textile | a type of cloth or woven fabric |
Hinderance | Something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress |
Metallurgy | the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals |
Elite | a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society |
Surplus | an amount of something left over when requirements have been met |
Pastoral | used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. |
Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives |
Stratified | form or arrange into strata |
Fertility | the quality of being fertile; productiveness |
Mobilized | prepare and organize for active service |
Razed | completely destroy a building,town or other sites |
Divine | is a village in Osmanvand Rural |
Reinforced | strengthen or support |
Monumental | great in importance, extent, or size |
Diaspora | the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel |
Urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city |
Piety | the quality of being religious or reverent |
Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God |
Divergent | tending to be different or develop in different directions |
Veneration | great respect; reverence |
Diffuse | spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people |