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ETHNIC

of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background

The meaning of the word ethnic is of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.

Random words

WordMeaning
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation
brazenmade of brass
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
retributionrecompense
flourishto grow luxuriantly : thrive
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
gruntto utter a grunt
fraya usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
affectedartificial; pretended