Personal Dictionary: Semester 1







Tamil:

Definition: the language of the Tamil people, who lived in the southern tip of India

Antonyms: English, French, Spanish



Castes:

Definition: the social sections into which Hindu society is divided, each group having its own privileges and limitations; is transferred by inheritance

Antonyms: individual, mixed groups, no heirarchy



Nirvana:

Definition: a place or state with freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world

Antonyms: hellish pain, misery, ignorance



Darius:

Definition: king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon.

Antonyms: non-successful leader, conquered, Cambyses



Satraps:

Definition: the governor of a Persian province

Antonyms: citizen, peasant, farmer

Agriculture:

Definition: the job of cultivating land, raising crops and breeding, feeding and raising livestock; farming

Antonyms: man-made, factory product, not natural



Abundant:

Definition: present in great quantity; more than enough

Antonyms: lacking; rare; scarce



Dwindle:

Definition: to become smaller; shrink; waste away

Antonyms: enlarge; grow; increase




Domestication:

Definition: to adapt (an animal or plant) to life with and for use by humans

Antonyms: feral, savage, wild



Dominant:
Definition: ruling; governing; controlling; having authority

Antonyms: inferior, modest, uncontrolling

Neolithic:

Definition: relating to the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the modernization of civilization; belonging to an earlier age.

Antonyms: modern, recent, contemporary





Mobile:

Definition: abitity to move or be moved readily.

Antonyms: fixed, stationary, immobile







Revolution:

Definition: a major change in society and social structure.

Antonyms: stagnation, submission, counterinsurgency




Cultivated:

Definition: prepared for and used for raising crops.

Antonyms: destroy, ignore, neglect



Sedentary:

Definition: not migratory; staying in one place; settled.

Antonyms: active, mobile, moving









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