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1
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Anthropologist

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An expert in study of the races, beliefs, customs of mankind

2
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Artifact

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Manmade

3
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Bizarre

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Odd, peculiar, strange, weird

4
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Fetish

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An object that is thought to have magic powers

5
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Inanimate

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Lifeless

6
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Imperative

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Urgent, necessary, compulsory

7
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Imprudent

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Unwise, not careful

8
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Prohibition

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The act of forbidding certain behavior

9
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Taboo

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Forbidden by custom ot religious practice

10
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Taint

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Contamination, undesirable substance that spoils something

11
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Abhor

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To detest, to despise

12
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Absurd

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Ridiculous

13
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Bigot

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A person who is intolerant of other people or ideas

14
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Contemptuous

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Expressing a feeling that something is worthless

15
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Universal

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Present everywhere

16
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Vulnerable

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Capable of being injured

17
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Entreaty

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Appeal, plea

18
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Tradition

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Custom that has been handed down

19
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Originate

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Begin, arise

20
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Inviolable

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Safe (from destruction)