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Caucasia Vocab Part 3
Jeah
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Language - English
10th Grade
05/26/2010

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Term
dashiki
Definition
loose fitting, brightly colored robe on tunic (youba origin)
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accoutrements
Definition
furnishings, trappings, equipment
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emanate
Definition
to come forth; issue (as from a source)
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bane
Definition
cause of death, distress, or ruin
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ashram
Definition
secluded plce for a community of Hindus leading a life of simplicity and religious meditation
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insatiable
Definition
constantly wanting more; unable to be satisfied
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macrobiotics
Definition
the studdy of prolonging life, as with diet
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macabre
Definition
grim, horrible; gruesome, ghastly
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Stepford wives
Definition
tradition; submissive, resembling autiomation; conformed individuls
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Xanadu
Definition
after a structure in Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" luxurious or exotic estate
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chignon
Definition
knot or coil of hair worn at the base of the neck
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aquiline
Definition
curved or hooked like and eagle's beak
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imposture
Definition
fraud, deception
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reams
Definition
unit of measurement for a quantity of paper (from 480-516 sheets depending on manufacturer)
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angst
Definition
gloomy, neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression
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Frantz Fanon
Definition
French psychiatrist and revolutionary writer who believed in violent revolution
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