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peer | a person who is one's social equal
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intuitively | by means of a natural sense about things that are hard to observe
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inheritance | things passed down to you from your ancestors
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working class | people with low-paying (often unskilled) jobs who are not poor but who are not securely in the middle class
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biased | leaning unfairly in one direction
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stigmatize | to mark with a visible feature that makes other people think, perhaps incorrectly, that someone or something is wrong
cause | a political or social goal that one believes is right and works to achieve
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intrinsic | being part of the basic nature of something
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impact | a strong influence
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invoke | to call on for support
bureaucratic | related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
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wealth | a great quantity of money, property, or other valuable possessions
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ingenious | very clever and imaginative
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fossilize | to become preserved in clay or stone or ash after death, so that a natural record is left of the original organism
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reciprocity | doing as much for another as he or she has done for you
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guilty | responsible for doing something bad
adopt | to choose or take as one's own
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illiterate | unable to read
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portrayal | a description or drawing that reflects a certain point of view
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spectrum | a range of different things, usually colors
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severely | harshly; extremely
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interdict | to keep something from reaching a certain place
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paradigm | a pattern; a set of assumptions
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liability | legal responsibility for harming a person or property
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kin | relatives
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stable | firm and dependable
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legitimate | true and respectable
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implement | to put into effect
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seize | to take something against its owner's will
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versus | against
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poll | to find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
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sentiment | feelings; opinions based on feelings
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potent | powerful
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restrict | to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity
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offense | a specific act that breaks the law
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implicitly | without being stated; unquestioningly
cartel | a small group controlling a certain area of business