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VOCABULARY TABLE – CULTURAL IDENTITY

No. Word Definition Example Synonym/ Collocation Word family

Antonym
Noun
1 ancestor a person related to you
who lived a long time ago

2 the condition or fact of

being different or varied;
variety
3 features belonging to the
culture of a particular
society (traditions,
languages..) which come
from the past
4 superstition .

5 concord

6 the action or process of

successfully joining or
mixing with a different
group of people

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7 a typical quality or an
important part of
something
8 quintessence

9 agreement between and

support for the members of
a group
10 attire

11 a fixed actions and words,

especially as part of
ceremonies
12 the idea that each person
should think and act
independently rather than
depending on each other
Adjective

1 recognizably different in
nature from something
else of a similar type
2 indigenous

3 intrinsic

2
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4 being the only one of a

kind; unlike anything else

5 important or likely to be
important in history
6 obscure

7 showing love for your

country and being proud of
it
8 including people or society
that have many different
customs and beliefs
Verb

1 assimilate

2 to join together as a group,

or to make people join
together as a group
3 to treat a person or a
particular group
differently, esp. from a
worse way because of their

3
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skin color or sex

4 civilize

5 scrutinize

6 to change something to
suit different situations

7 exacerbate

8 to recognize someone or
something and say who or
what that person or thing
is
9 acculturate

Phrasal Verb

1 look down on think that you are better or >< look up to

more important than
someone
2 take in understand and remember .
sth

3 set aside not let a particular feeling,

opinion, or belief influence

4
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you
4 wipe out eliminate sth completely

5 fade away disappear slowly

6 account for be the reason why sth

exists or happen
7 stand for believe and support sth

Collocations
& Phrases
1 cultural
practice(s)
2 be imbued
with sth
3 be close to
the bone
4 let go of ~ get rid of

5 tie the knot

6 out of hand

7 on the flip ~ on the other

side hand
5
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8 the tip of the

iceberg