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- anthropologist
- an expert in the study of races, beliefs, customs, ect.
- artifact
- an object made by hand
- bizarre
- odd, peculiar, strange, weird
- fetish
- an object that is thought to have magical powers
- inanimate
- lifeless
- to get down off a high horse
- to act like an ordinary person
- imperative
- urgent,necessary,compulsory
- imprudent
- unwise,not careful
- prohibition
- the act of forbidding behavior
- taboo
- forbidden by custom or religion
- taint
- contamination, substance that spoils
- the first water
- of the best quality
- abhor
- to detest,to despise
- absurd
- ridiculous
- bigot
- a person who is intolerant of other people or ideas
- vulnerable
- capable of being injured
- entreaty
- appeal,plea
- tradition
- custom that has been handed down
- originate
- begins,arise
- contemptuous
- expressing a feeling that something is worthless
- universal
- present everywhere
- dyed in the wool
- set in one's ways
- inviolable
- safe (from destruction)
- on his own hook
- without others help
- awesome
- inspiring terror;weird
- debris
- ruins;fragments
- dispersed
- scattered;spread;broken up
- eruption
- burting out
- puny
- weak;unimportant
- obliterate
- erase;wipe
- deplorable
- sad;pitable
- initiate
- start;set going
- conflegration
- great fire
- rue
- regret
- as broad as it is long
- it makes very little difference
- blow,hot,and cold
- swing for and against something
- hoard
- hide;store;accumulate
- congenial
- sympathetic;agreeable
- sage
- wise man;philosopher
- aegis
- shield;protection;sponsorship
- detriment
- injury;damage;hurt
- in the doldrums
- in a bored or depressed state
- longevity
- long duration of life
- imbibe
- drink
- virile
- masterful;manly
- senile
- infirm;weak from old age
- doddering
- trembling;shaking
- burn the midnight oil
- study or work late into the night
- lethargic
- lazy;indifferent
- prevalent
- prevailing;common
- paramount
- supreme
- remiss
- careless
- hostile
- antagonistic;angry
- to split hairs
- to make fine distinctions
- rebuke
- criticize;reproach;reprimand
- aversion
- strong dislike
- evince
- show plainly;exhibit
- vogue
- fashion
- superficial
- on the surface
- to strike while the iron is hot
- to take action at the right moment
- jettison
- throw overboard
- inevitable
- sure;certain;unavoidable
- lucrative
- profitable
- tussle
- a rough struggle
- intrinsic
- essential;natural;inborn
- once in a blue moon
- on a very rare occasion
- acute
- sharp;keen;severe
- gist
- essence
- transient
- passing;short lived
- terse
- concise
- cogent
- forceful;convincing;persuasive
- sleep on it
- postpone a decision while giving it some thought
- pinnacle
- summit;peak;top;crown
- array
- arrangement;system
- obscure
- unknown;lowly;unclear
- ardent
- passionate;eager
- culminate
- reach the highest point
- to break the ice
- to make a beginning;to overcome stiffness between strangers
- constrict
- limit;bind;squeeze
- prodigy
- marvel;phenomenon
- bereft
- deprived of
- falter
- stumble;hesitate,waver
- exultation
- triumphant joy
- loaded for bear
- to be well prepared
- vitrolic
- biting;burning
- invective
- insulting;abusive speech
- besmirch
- soil;stain;dim the reputation
- voluminous
- bulky;large
- retrospect
- looking backwards
- to bring down the house
- to cause great enthusiasm