urban(municipal, metropolitan) rustic(rural, unsophisticated) community: There are seven churches in our community. metropolitan exotic(unusual, foreign): Susan and Bill love to eat spicy and exotic food. conventional(traditional, customary): Mary thought marriage and family was too conventional so she joined the army. convention: Chinese people have the convention of shaking hands. patriarchal institutionalize: One question that is raised is how to institutionalize our scholarship disciplines. clan status(position, rank): The status of colonial women had been well studied. taboo(ban, prohibition): Four-letter words are taboo words to these ladies. ethics genteel(well-bred, courteous) marital(wedded, conjugal) polygamous household