Unit Two: Modernization versus Tradition Vocabulary

isolated and unfriendly; alienated   

• estranged
• innuendo
• epic conflict
• custom

sayings that offer cultural wisdom and practical truths about life

• traditions
• custom
• proverbs
• evolution

weakness; illness

• diabolical
• infirmity
• innuendo
• estranged

intending harm; spiteful

• custom
• diabolical
• innuendo
• malicious

probe the depths of; understand

• fathom
• apartheid
• taciturn
• estranged

A policy of separateness

• modernization
• taciturn
• tradition
• apartheid

the spread of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way

• modernize
• custom
• tradition
• innuendo

the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form

• evolution
• tradition
• modernize
• custom

a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time

• evolution
• modernize
• tradition
• custom

adapt (something) to modern needs or habits, typically by installing up-to-date equipment or adopting contemporary ideas or methods

• taciturn
• estranged
• modernize
• evolution