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World Lit
vocab terms- semester 1
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Literature
10th Grade
12/13/2005
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kigo
 Definition
season word
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rubaiyat
 Definition
collection of poems (11th century)
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misogyny
 Definition
hater of women
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proverb
 Definition
metamorphic
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polygamy
 Definition
more than one wife
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polytheistic
 Definition
belief in many gods
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clan
 Definition
distant family
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myth
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story for different cultures, needed to answer life questions
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secular
 Definition
nonreligious
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taboo
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"not allowed to do" rules
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patriarchy
 Definition
society dominated by men
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griot
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african story teller (often women)
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anthropomorphic
 Definition
giving human characteristics to gods
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diety
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"god"
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diety
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"god"
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immortality
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never dying
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viziar
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highest gov. official
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tanka
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japenese poetry- not rhyming
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