| A | B |
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| myth | a traditional story, passed down through generations, that explains why the world is the way it is |
| creation myth | explains how the universe, earth, and life began |
| ritual | a series of actions or type of behavior regularly and invariably followed by someone |
| devious | using deception OR wandering off the path |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| opaque | not able to be seen through; not transparent |
| nomadic | people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. |
| preeminently | above all; in particular |
| servitude | the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful. |
| luxuriant | thick, healthy; lush |
| unrelenting | not yielding in strength, severity, or determination |
| engender | cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). Also to father. |
| inherently | existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute |
| profusion | an abundance or large quantity of something |
