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Cultural Artifacts
Week 1 vocab
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English
11th Grade
03/07/2010

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Arcane
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known or understood by only a few
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Assimilate
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to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
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Autonomy
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independence; self-determination
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Cosmopolitan
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worldly; widely sophisticated
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Derivative
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something that comes from another source
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Entourage
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a group of attendants or associates; a retinue
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Esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a small group
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Gaffe
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a clumsy social error; a faux pas
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Idiosyncrasy
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characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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Insular
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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Orthodox
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adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
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Potentate
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one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
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