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ancestor
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a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
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dialect
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a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
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dynasty
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a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty.
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opium
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1.the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
2.anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the mind or emotions. |
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culture
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the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group
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tsunami
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an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
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indigenous
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originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native
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shogun
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Japanese History.
the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor. |
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paddy
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a rice field
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pagoda
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(in India, Burma, China, etc.) a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.
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