| Term | Definition |
| diverse | composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities |
| divisive | creating disunity or dissension |
| HUD | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| multiculturalism | of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse cultures |
| judaism | a religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendent God who has revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions |
| impulse | a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually unpremeditated action |
| missionary | a person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| reservation | a tract of public land set aside (as for use by American Indians) |
| circulate | to pass from person to person or place to place |
| commodities | goods or services whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (as brand name) other than price |
| specter | something that haunts or perturbs the mind |
| amalagamation | a single body made from mixing separate parts together |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| presercation | keeping alive, intact, or free from decay |
| oppressors | person who crushes or burdens by abuse of power or authority |
| assimilate | to absorb into the culture or mores of a population or group |
| integrity | the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule: a feeble or ridiculous imitation |
| homogeneous | of uniform structure or composition throughout |