Week 24

Question 1

anthropologist

Answer 1

n. expert in the study of the races, beliefs, customs, etc. of mankind

Question 2

artifact

Answer 2

n. object made by hand, rather than a thing as it occurs in nature

Question 3

bizarre

Answer 3

adj. odd, peculiar, strange, weird

Question 4

fetish

Answer 4

n. object thought to have magic powers

Question 5

inanimate

Answer 5

adj. lifeless

Question 6

imperative

Answer 6

adj. urgent, necessary, compulsory

Question 7

imprudent

Answer 7

adj. unwise, not careful

Question 8

prohibition

Answer 8

n. act of forbidding certain behavior

Question 9

taboo

Answer 9

n. forbidden by custom or religious practice

Question 10

taint (n)

Answer 10

n. contamination, undesirable substance that spoils something

Question 11

abhor

Answer 11

v. detest, despise

Question 12

absurd

Answer 12

adj. ridiculous

Question 13

bigot

Answer 13

n. person who is intolerant of other people or ideas

Question 14

contemptuous

Answer 14

adj. expressing a feeling that something is worthless

Question 15

universal

Answer 15

adj. present everywhere

Question 16

vulnerable

Answer 16

adj. capable of being injured

Question 17

entreaty

Answer 17

n. appeal, plea

Question 18

tradition

Answer 18

n. custom that has been handed down

Question 19

originate

Answer 19

v. begin, arise

Question 20

inviolable

Answer 20

adj. safe (from destruction, etc.)