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ANTHROPOLOGIST'S DICTIONARY
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Anthropologists identify 2 basic types of these as extended or nuclear
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families
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3-word term for recurring traditions in a society marking important transition points, like baptisms, marriages or funerals
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a rite of passage
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Couvade is sympathetic behavior by a man during this event; Central America's Garifuna men quit fishing
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childbirth
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This word refers to the taming & purposeful breeding of animals by humans
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husbandry (domestication)
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Victor Turner's "The Forest of" these basic anthro items says they can stand for many concepts, as the milk tree does for the Ndembu
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Symbols
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THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES
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We wonder who would adopt this 3-headed dog as a rescue after Hercules grabbed him away from his underworld post
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Cerberus
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Herc had to capture the mad bull of this island, the largest in modern Greece
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Crete
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Hercules could have used a sign for this animal "crossing"--it took him a year to track down the Arcadian one
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a deer
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All cattle, no hat; Hercules had one day to work solo & completely clean this structure belonging to King Augeas
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the stables
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In what could be called a fashion (please) don't, Hercules stole this 6-letter article of clothing from the queen of the Amazons
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a girdle
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REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS
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"Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami"
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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"Snooki & Jwoww"
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Jersey Shore
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"Under the Gunn" (as in Tim Gunn)
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Project Runway
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"Vanderpump Rules"
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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"The Hills" on MTV
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Laguna Beach
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MORE THAN ONE MEANING
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A pathogen, or a hidden listening device
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bug
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The person who runs the last leg in a relay race, or a TV news person who introduces others' reports
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an anchor
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A bathroom fixture with a sink & a countertop, or excessive pride in one's looks
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vanity
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A spoken-word poetry event, or a big success playing bridge
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a slam
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A workout coach, or a sports shoe in British English
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a trainer
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OCEANS
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The lowest point of Tanzania is the shore of this ocean
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the Indian Ocean
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The Arctic Ocean is home to creatures like snailfish, sea butterflies & a "bearded" type of this mammal
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seal
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A "point" in the Pacific that's the farthest from any land--1,670 miles--bears the name of this Jules Verne captain
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Nemo
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These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep--don't know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for "shallow sea"
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the Bahamas
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300 million years ago, a giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded this landmass with the same first 3 letters
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Pangaea
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11
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Released in 2021, this Microsoft operating system 11 is the first version in over 20 years shipped without Internet Explorer
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Windows
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11 is the atomic number of this silvery white chemical element with symbol Na
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sodium
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This religious epic from 1959 was the first film to win 11 Academy Awards
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Ben-Hur
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In craps, a winning dice roll of 11 on the first throw is called this
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a natural
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The Duchess of Richmond is one of the "Windsor Beauties", 11 portraits of women in the life of this Restoration king
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Charles II
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ANCIENT WARFARE
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At the Battle of Gaugamela, the Greeks let these wheeled Persian vehicles pass between the ranks, then wiped them out
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chariots
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Thrusting rather than throwing it, the Macedonians got extra reach with the sarissa, this type of weapon that could be 22' long
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javelins
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The ancient sambuca was not a liqueur but a ladder latched from a ship to a wall to enter a city in this kind of warfare
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siege
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Stymied by a small force, the invading Persians won this battle only after a Greek traitor showed them a way around the pass
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Thermopylae
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These two formations--one Greek & one Roman, met a few times; the masked Greeks won the early battles, & the more flexible Romans the latter
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the phalanx & the legion
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POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK
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Whitman: "Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, walk the deck my ____ lies, fallen cold and dead"
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my Captain
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Eliot: "April is the ____ ____ breeding lilacs out of the dead land"
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the crulest month
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Silverstein: "There is a place where ____ ____ ____ and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white"
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the sidewalk ends
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Kipling: "Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and--which is more--you'll be a ____, ____ ____!"
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man, my son
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Byron: "She walks in ____, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies"
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beauty
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14-LETTER WORDS
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This verb means to travel completely around the globe
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circumnavigate
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From words meaning "heart" & "vessel", this adjective means relating to the heart & blood vessels
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cardiovascular
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By definition this type of speech is given without preparation
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extemporaneous
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Martin Luther & John Calvin both believed in this religious doctrine that life & salvation are already decided by God ahead of time
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predestination
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I found a thousand bucks in this word that often follows "self" to mean the act of making oneself seem important
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aggrandizement
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FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY
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Adams, Wilson
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presidents
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Acadia, Zion
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national parks
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Argon,xenon
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the noble gases
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"Das Rheingold","Siegfried"
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the operas in Wagner\'s Ring Cycle
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Anointing of the sick, reconciliation
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the (Seven) Sacraments
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PEOPLE IN SCIENCE
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In 1705 he wrote, "I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again in the year 1758"
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Halley
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No longer a "Hidden Figure", in 2015, this mathematician & NASA pioneer received the Medal of Freedom
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Katherine Johnson
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Sir Isaac Newton had a famous dispute with this German philosopher & mathematician over who invented calculus first
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Gottfried Leibniz
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THE OSCA"R"s
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Starring Dustin Hoffman, it definitely, definitely was named 1988's Best Picture
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Rain Man
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You can't have forgotten this 2017 best song from "Coco"
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"Remember Me"
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For his role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", he was 2017's Best Supporting Actor
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Sam Rockwell
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In her only nomination, she was named 1940's Best Actress for "Kitty Foyle", & she didn't even dance with Fred
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Ginger Rogers
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For "West Side Story" Robert Wise shared Best Director with this man, seen working on the film
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Jerome Robbins
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BROADWAY MUSICALS
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Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work
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