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| Adumbrate | To give a sketchy outline or disclose in part. To hint at or foretell |
| Penumbra | The partial shadow surrounding complete shadow, as in an eclipse |
| Penumbra | The fringe or surrounding area where something exists less fully |
| Umber | A darkish brown mineral containing manganese and iron oxides used for coloring paint. |
| Umbrage | A feeling of resentment at some slight or insult, often one that is imagined rather than reall |
| Divest | To get rid of or free oneself of property, authority, or title |
| Divest | To strip of clothing, ornaments, or equipment |
| Investiture | The formal placing of someone in office |
| Transvestite | A person, especially a male, who wears clothing and adopts the mannerisms of the opposite sex |
| Travesty | An inferior or distorted imitation |
| Travesty | A broadly comic imitation in drama, literature, or art that is usually grotesque and ridiculous |
| The/Theo | Comes from the Greek meaning god |
| Apotheosis | Transformation into a god. The perfect example |
| Atheistic | Denying the existence of God or divine power |
| pantheon | a building serving as a burial place of or containing memorials to teh famous dead of a nation ; a group of notable persons or things |
| Theocracy | Government by officials who are regarded as divinely inspired. |
| Theocracy | A state governed by theocracy |
| icon | a religious image usually painted ona small wooden panel, idol ; emblem, symbol |
| iconic | symbolic; relating to a greatly admired and successful person or thing |
| iconoclast | a person who destroys religious images or opposes their use ; a person who atacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| iconography | the imagery and symbolism of a work of art or an artist ; the study of artistic symbolism |
| Demographic | Having to do with the study of human populations, especially their size, growth, density and patterns of living |
| Endemic | Found only in given place or region. |
| Endemic | Often found in a given occupation, area or environment |
| demagogue | a political leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of people in order to arouse discontent and to advance his or her own political purposes |
| Demotic | Popular or common |
| Popul | Comes from the Latin word meaning people |
| Populist | A believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people |
| Populace | The common people or masses. Population |
| Populous | Numerous, densely settled, or having a large population |
| Vox populi | Popular sentiment or opinion |
| urbane | The high, fortifiedsophisticated and with polished manners |
| exurban | relating to a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and often is inhabited chielfy by well-to-do families |
| interurban | going between or connecting cities or towns |
| urbanization | the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in cnetral areas |
| acculturation | modification of the culture of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traist fromanother culture ; the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy |
| cross-cultural | dealing with or offering comparison between two or more different cultures or cultural areas |
| horticulture | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| subculture | a group whose beliefs and behaviors are different from the main groups within a culture or society |
| Aquiline | Relating to eagles |
| Aquiline | Curving like an eagle's beak |
| Asinine | Foolish; brainless |
| Bovine | Relating to cows or oxen |
| Bovine | Placid, dull, unemotional |
| Canine | Relating to dogs or the dog family;doglike |
| Feline | Relating to cats or the cat family |
| FelinE | Like a cat in being sleek,graceful, sly, treacherous, or stealthy |
| Leonine | Relating to lions |
| Porcine | Relating to pigs or swine; piglike |
| Vulpine | Relating to foxes,sneaky.clever or crafty;foxy |
