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26 Cards in this Set
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dowry
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items of importance given by parents to daughter and her husband at marriage
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midwife
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woman assisting in prenatal care and childbirth
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dung
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cow droppings collected and used for manure, fuel, and building
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sari
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cotton or silk fabric draped over the shoulder and worn around the body by Hindu women
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bullock cart
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cars pulled by young or castrated bulls
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thatch
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natural roofing material such as straw
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paddy fields
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rice fields
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caste
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system for Hindu society which is divided into four hereditary social divisions
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Brahmans
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highest division in caste system; priests
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Ksharriyas or Rajanyas
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warriors and rulers. second highest in caste system
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Vaishyas
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second lowest division in caste system; producers,farmers, craftsmen
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Shudras or Dasyas
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lowest caste division; serfs and laborers
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acrid
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bitter
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daunt
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to defeat
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injunctions
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restrictions, limitations imposed on a person's or institution's freedom
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jauntily
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lightly; easily
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ravenous
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extremely hungry
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reproach
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to blame, to criticize
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ruddy
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reddish
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solace
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comfort
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taciturn
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silent, reluctant to talk
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Deepavali
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The Festival of Lights
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golsu
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anklet
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bier
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frame or stand on which a coffin is placed, usually before a cremation
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fallow
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barren (adj.)
land left unplowed or unseeded (n.) |
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albino
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a person who lacks usual pigmentation. having very white skin and hair
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