These are the vocabulary words from the Trojan War, written by Olivia Coolidge.
1. cuttlefish - a tool for cutting fish.
2. cattle lowing - cows or bulls pulling a plow.
3. sing a lay - to sing a lullaby.
4. fates - things that will happen in the future.
5. pestilence - a pest, like a rodent.
6. fair Brisels - fund raiser equivalent.
7. deserts - a consequence.
8. impetus - done with little thought.
9. Achilles's heel - a weakness.
10. dirge - song for the dead.
11. melee - direct.
12. evil genius of Troy - Leto is the evil genius.
13. contrivance - to manipulate.
14. Castor Pollux - brothers of Helen
15. furze - a fuse
16. becalmed on an island - to be calm.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Vocabulary Words from the Greek Myths
These are the vocabulary words from the book, Greek Myths, by Olivia Coolidge.
1. gimlet: it's a drink with gin and lime juice.
2. pan pipe - a musical instrument (flute)
1. gimlet: it's a drink with gin and lime juice.
2. pan pipe - a musical instrument (flute)
Ancient Times Questions
1. Define History - is the study of past events.
2. Explain the difference between a historian and an archaeologist? - An archaeologist is someone who digs for hand-made items in ancient ruins. A Historian is someone who deals with the past.
3. Why did the Nomads move frequently? - Because they are in search of food, water, and places for their animals to eat.
4. Why was it easy for Nomadic people to first settle in the Fertile Crescent? - Some of the best farmland of the Fertile Crescent is on a narrow strip of land between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
5. What did farmers learn to do to grow crops further from the riverbanks?
6. How did farmers near the Nile River farm differently than farmers in other places why? - The river's predictability and the fertile soil allowed the Egyptians to build an empire on the basis of great agricultural wealth.
7. How did Egyptian farmers keep flood waters to use in the dry season? - They kept the food in storage.
8. What form of writing did Egyptians use? - Hieroglyphics for Almost 4,000 years.
9. Why was the area of the Fertile Crescent called “Mesopotamia”? - the Fertile Crescent refers to areas of fertile soil near important rivers in the area. It stretches from the Nile River in Egypt to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern Iraq.
10. What is Sumerian writing called? How does it differ from Egyptian writing? - Egyptian Writing was written on papyrus made from reeds. Sumerian writing was known as cuneiform and was written on clay tablets.
11. Why did Sumerians write on clay tablets other than stone, before the Egyptians did? - clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.
12. How were clay tablets an improvement over stone? - The clay tablet was thus being used by scribes to record events happening during their time.
13. So why do you think Egyptians wrote on paper before Sumerians did? - ancient Egypt made extensive use of writing and the written record has played a central role in the modern reconstruction of Egyptian civilization.
14. How was ink on paper (papyrus) an improvement over clay tablets? - parchment, Paper, Paper's slow journey west, From rags to wood pulp. ... begin making a flexible smooth surface, which will accept and retain ink without blur.
15. Name some detriments to keeping records on paper. -
16. How was ink on paper (papyrus) an improvement over clay tablets - parchment, Paper, Paper's slow journey west, From rags to wood pulp. ... begin making a flexible smooth surface, which will accept and retain ink without blur.
2. Explain the difference between a historian and an archaeologist? - An archaeologist is someone who digs for hand-made items in ancient ruins. A Historian is someone who deals with the past.
3. Why did the Nomads move frequently? - Because they are in search of food, water, and places for their animals to eat.
4. Why was it easy for Nomadic people to first settle in the Fertile Crescent? - Some of the best farmland of the Fertile Crescent is on a narrow strip of land between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
5. What did farmers learn to do to grow crops further from the riverbanks?
6. How did farmers near the Nile River farm differently than farmers in other places why? - The river's predictability and the fertile soil allowed the Egyptians to build an empire on the basis of great agricultural wealth.
7. How did Egyptian farmers keep flood waters to use in the dry season? - They kept the food in storage.
8. What form of writing did Egyptians use? - Hieroglyphics for Almost 4,000 years.
9. Why was the area of the Fertile Crescent called “Mesopotamia”? - the Fertile Crescent refers to areas of fertile soil near important rivers in the area. It stretches from the Nile River in Egypt to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern Iraq.
10. What is Sumerian writing called? How does it differ from Egyptian writing? - Egyptian Writing was written on papyrus made from reeds. Sumerian writing was known as cuneiform and was written on clay tablets.
11. Why did Sumerians write on clay tablets other than stone, before the Egyptians did? - clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.
12. How were clay tablets an improvement over stone? - The clay tablet was thus being used by scribes to record events happening during their time.
13. So why do you think Egyptians wrote on paper before Sumerians did? - ancient Egypt made extensive use of writing and the written record has played a central role in the modern reconstruction of Egyptian civilization.
14. How was ink on paper (papyrus) an improvement over clay tablets? - parchment, Paper, Paper's slow journey west, From rags to wood pulp. ... begin making a flexible smooth surface, which will accept and retain ink without blur.
15. Name some detriments to keeping records on paper. -
16. How was ink on paper (papyrus) an improvement over clay tablets - parchment, Paper, Paper's slow journey west, From rags to wood pulp. ... begin making a flexible smooth surface, which will accept and retain ink without blur.
17. Describe the mummification process. - Insert a hook through a hole near the nose and pull out part of the brain, Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy and, Remove all internal organs. Let the internal organs dry. Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars, than place the heart back inside the body. Rinse inside of body with wine and spices. Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days. After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape. After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages. Place in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin).
18. Do the pyramids today look the way Egyptians intended them to? Why or why not? - No It Was Intended to be a solid.
19. Which Great Feat Did Cheops Complete? - He is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, Mainstream Egyptologists believe Sneferu was Khufu's father, but only of the Old Kingdom period.
20. Why do we call the early cities of Mesopotamia “city-states”? - The earliest cities in Sumer date back to about 3500 B.C.E. These first cities were like small, independent countries. They each had their own ruler and their own farmland to provide food. For this reason, they are called city-states.
22. Why did Sargon’s empire last so long? - was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, ... Sargon became the subject of legendary narratives describing his rise to power, Sargon legend contains a legendary account of Sargon's rise to power.
23. How did the nation of Israel come to live in Egypt? - The birthplace of the Jewish people is the Land of Israel. Application Form for Israelis who live permanently in Geneva.
24. Why did Abram and Sarai move from Ur to Haran? - Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his well as the grandmother of Rebekah, his future daughter-in-law. Ur was known for moon worship, and Terah's family likely served the moon god,
25. How did the nation of Israel come to live in Egypt? - Egypt launched an air assault against Israel that evening. Modern Israel has its origins in the Zionism movement, established in the late 19th century
26. How was Hammurabi a different kind of king? - Hammurabi was an Amorite First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the power from his father, Sin-Muballit.
27. What do you think of the sample laws listed in your book that Hammurabi wrote - Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia. The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice.
28. Why did Babylonians watch the stars? -Babylonians were the first to recognize that astronomical phenomena are periodic and apply mathematics to their predictions.
29.What did they learn from their star studies? - is the study or recording of celestial objects during early history They began studying and recording their belief system and philosophies
30.Why was Shamshi-Adad powerful? -Shamshi-Adad had attempted to legitimize his position on the Assyrian throne by claiming descent from Ushpia
31.Would you want to follow a leader like him? Why or why not? - No, He Doesn't seem Like a very good Leader to me.
32.Why do you think ancient people told stories like the story of Gilgamesh? - The Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh share many points of contact, with common is probably the Epic's flood story, which reads a lot like the biblical tale of "Noah's Ark".
33.Retell the story of Gilgamesh in your own words? - The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the For when the gods created man, they let death be his share,
34.In what ways were rivers better than roads for ancient people? - They were incredibly efficient.
35.How did these “streets” help connect the people of Mesopotamia and the Harappan civilization? - Before the excavation of these Harappan cities, scholars thought that Indian civilization.
36. How did farming practices in the Indus Valley differ from those in Mesopotamia? - the Indus Valley Civilization in an entirely different environmental context.
37. Why were citadels important to Indus Valley cities? - The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions
38. In what ways could we consider Indus Valley cities “modern”? - The discovery of ancient Harappan cities unsettled that conception and moved.
39. Many cultures in the Middle East and Europe have called China the “Far East.” Why? - East Asia is the eastern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms
40. Retell the legend of how silk was first used for cloth.- The production of silk originates in China in the Neolithic Silk remained confined to China until ... Not confined to clothing, silk was also used for a number of other applications
41. When we talk about dynasties, why do we usually talk about one key family? - From the inauguration of dynastic rule by Yu the Great in circa 2070 BC to the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor on February 12, 1912 in the wake of the Xinhai Revolution, China was ruled by a series of successive dynasties.
42. Why do we know more about the Shang Dynasty than we do about earlier rulers? - Read and learn for free about the following article.
43. Which crop has been important to the Chinese people for centuries? Why? - Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area.
44. Why do we know more about Ancient Egypt than we do about the rest of Africa? - Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River in large part because the river's ... Although we do not know the specific dates and events, most scholars who.
45. Do you think people who live years from now will know much about our culture? Why or why not? - Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River in large part because the river's ... Although we do not know the specific dates and events.
46. How does the Sahara differ today than in ancient times? - The Sahara is a desert located on the African continent. It is the largest hot desert in the world.
47. Why did cultures south of the Sahara develop differently from those in the Mediterranean? - Many different groups ruled areas previously held by the Abbasids.
20. Why do we call the early cities of Mesopotamia “city-states”? - The earliest cities in Sumer date back to about 3500 B.C.E. These first cities were like small, independent countries. They each had their own ruler and their own farmland to provide food. For this reason, they are called city-states.
22. Why did Sargon’s empire last so long? - was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, ... Sargon became the subject of legendary narratives describing his rise to power, Sargon legend contains a legendary account of Sargon's rise to power.
23. How did the nation of Israel come to live in Egypt? - The birthplace of the Jewish people is the Land of Israel. Application Form for Israelis who live permanently in Geneva.
24. Why did Abram and Sarai move from Ur to Haran? - Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his well as the grandmother of Rebekah, his future daughter-in-law. Ur was known for moon worship, and Terah's family likely served the moon god,
25. How did the nation of Israel come to live in Egypt? - Egypt launched an air assault against Israel that evening. Modern Israel has its origins in the Zionism movement, established in the late 19th century
26. How was Hammurabi a different kind of king? - Hammurabi was an Amorite First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and inherited the power from his father, Sin-Muballit.
27. What do you think of the sample laws listed in your book that Hammurabi wrote - Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia. The Hammurabi code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice.
28. Why did Babylonians watch the stars? -Babylonians were the first to recognize that astronomical phenomena are periodic and apply mathematics to their predictions.
29.What did they learn from their star studies? - is the study or recording of celestial objects during early history They began studying and recording their belief system and philosophies
30.Why was Shamshi-Adad powerful? -Shamshi-Adad had attempted to legitimize his position on the Assyrian throne by claiming descent from Ushpia
31.Would you want to follow a leader like him? Why or why not? - No, He Doesn't seem Like a very good Leader to me.
32.Why do you think ancient people told stories like the story of Gilgamesh? - The Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh share many points of contact, with common is probably the Epic's flood story, which reads a lot like the biblical tale of "Noah's Ark".
33.Retell the story of Gilgamesh in your own words? - The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the For when the gods created man, they let death be his share,
34.In what ways were rivers better than roads for ancient people? - They were incredibly efficient.
35.How did these “streets” help connect the people of Mesopotamia and the Harappan civilization? - Before the excavation of these Harappan cities, scholars thought that Indian civilization.
36. How did farming practices in the Indus Valley differ from those in Mesopotamia? - the Indus Valley Civilization in an entirely different environmental context.
37. Why were citadels important to Indus Valley cities? - The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions
38. In what ways could we consider Indus Valley cities “modern”? - The discovery of ancient Harappan cities unsettled that conception and moved.
39. Many cultures in the Middle East and Europe have called China the “Far East.” Why? - East Asia is the eastern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms
40. Retell the legend of how silk was first used for cloth.- The production of silk originates in China in the Neolithic Silk remained confined to China until ... Not confined to clothing, silk was also used for a number of other applications
41. When we talk about dynasties, why do we usually talk about one key family? - From the inauguration of dynastic rule by Yu the Great in circa 2070 BC to the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor on February 12, 1912 in the wake of the Xinhai Revolution, China was ruled by a series of successive dynasties.
42. Why do we know more about the Shang Dynasty than we do about earlier rulers? - Read and learn for free about the following article.
43. Which crop has been important to the Chinese people for centuries? Why? - Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area.
44. Why do we know more about Ancient Egypt than we do about the rest of Africa? - Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River in large part because the river's ... Although we do not know the specific dates and events, most scholars who.
45. Do you think people who live years from now will know much about our culture? Why or why not? - Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River in large part because the river's ... Although we do not know the specific dates and events.
46. How does the Sahara differ today than in ancient times? - The Sahara is a desert located on the African continent. It is the largest hot desert in the world.
47. Why did cultures south of the Sahara develop differently from those in the Mediterranean? - Many different groups ruled areas previously held by the Abbasids.
The Golden Goblet Questions.
1. Why is Ranofer so bothered by anyone seeing that his half brother beats him?- He thinks that if he tells anyone or let anyone see the marks and scars, Gebu might beat him more.
2. How did Ranofer suspect Ibni was stealing from the goldsmith?- Everytime he came over gold went missing.
3. Why does Ranofer not want to tell anyone his suspicions? What would you do in his situation?-He thinks he doesn't have enough proof, I would gather enough proof and than show it to whoever is in Charge, or whoever I can trust.
4. What types of artisan did Thebes boast- A well-trained worker who is good at trades.
5. Why were the workshops and laboratories on the western bank called the City of the Dead?- It was where most of the cemeteries are located.
6. How does Ranofer monitor when its time to change activities when working with gold?- so he understands how to do it correctly without getting punished.
7. How were the poor dead buried, compared to artisans?- The poor was just placed in a coffin and put into the ground, while the others where put into a coffin with gems, and rocks, than placed into the ground.
8. Why does Ranofer bring an offering to his father’s tomb?- The ancient Egyptians' attitude towards death was influenced by their belief in immortality. They regarded death as a temporary interruption, rather than the cessation of life. To ensure the continuity of life after death, people paid homage to the gods, both during and after their life on earth.
9. Why were tomb robbers despised?- It is bad to steal from the dead, how would you feel if you died and someone robbed your grave?
9. Why were tomb robbers despised?- It is bad to steal from the dead, how would you feel if you died and someone robbed your grave?
10. What do you think papyrus was used for?- The ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make paper, baskets, sandals, mats, rope, blankets, tables, chairs, mattresses, medicine, perfume, food, and clothes. Truly, papyrus was an important "gift of the Nile". They even tried to ake boats out of papyrus, but that did not work very well. Papyrus absorbs water.
11. Why did Egyptians not travel abroad at night?- passport control to the buying power of the dollar
11. Why did Egyptians not travel abroad at night?- passport control to the buying power of the dollar
12. Why does Ranofer dislike the stone cutting shop?- Is it always musty and filled with chunks of stone everywhere
13. Why would Gebu constantly change the shopworkers?- to see if any of them are stealing the gold
14. How does the changing seasons affect work at the stonecutting shop?- because sometimes the stone tools, might melt, or even freeze
15. Why does Ranofer not want to accept Hequet’s food and why does Hequet want Ranofer to take some?- Ranofer thinks that the food is poisoned, but Hequet Wants him to eat it because he is getting skinny and hasn't eaten in a while.
16. Would you give Ranofer hope in this chapter?- Yes, I believe he deserves to get all of the luck he deserves.
17. What happens to Ranofer’s day dreams as his visit to Zau approaches? - they get creepier and creepier
18. Why does Zau offer to take on Ranofer as a pupil for no money?- HE Wants him to have a good education
19. What promise does the Ancient extract from Ranofer? - Ranofer was eaves-dropping on them so he knows about the promise
20. Why does the rising of the Nile cause everyone’s demeanor to rise?- They are scared about it flooding.
21. Why could Ranofer not imagine Gebu sneaking into rich men’s houses?- Because Gebu is Rich Himself.
22. Why was the street so scary after dark?- Because thats when the evil spirits come to earth.
23. Describe the golden goblet.- Its a goblet made of gold.
24. Why must Ranofer have the goblet as evidence before he can accuse Gebu of tomb raiding?- Because it was stolen from a tomb itself.
25. Describe how Ranofer patched the scarab seal.- He put a hole through it, than a string through the hole, than turned it into a necklace.
26. Why is Ranofer flabbergasted when Gebu seems to bring the goblet to the stonecutting shop?- Because the golden goblet is made of gold, unless it's actually stone just painted gold.
27. Why does Ranofer not speak of his suspicions to Heqet?- He doesn't have enough proof.
28. Why is Ranofer so miserable with the knowledge that the thief Gebu walks free?- Because he is going to keep stealing from the dead.
29. Why did Gebu plan for secret chambers in the tombs he built?- So he has easy access to the tombs to rob them.
30. Why are Ranofer’s friends concerned after the trumpet sounds to mark the start of the festival and Ranofer doesn’t appear?- Because He Usually Comes
31. Why does the Ancient worry about Ranofer following the robbers?- They are worried that he will get caught
32. Why do the friends decide to go to Ranofer’s aid?- Because thats what friends do
33. Describe the Valley of the Tombs.- a valley of tombs where dead people are
34. Ranofer felt the sunlight hit him like a blow – can you think of another way to describe this?- Ranofer felt the sunlight shine on his face suddenly.
35. What does it mean that Gebu was as strong as Set himself?- He was strong emotionally and physically.
36. How does Ranofer determine whose tomb the robbers are desecrating?- Based off the ones they had already robbed, they might go for another one, using the same pattern.
37. Why does Ranofer decide that the tomb robbers must be stopped.- Because tomb robbing is illegal.
38. Describe how Ranofer managed to escape.- he turned around and starting running as fast he could, then made back into the stone cutting shop after wards, than ran to the other side of the building.
39. Why does Ranofer decide to go to the palace to try to get help?- Because Royalty Would Believe him he hopes.
40. Why does Ranofer avoid the main gate?- To avoid the Guards
41. Why did the queen have a dwarf as part of her retinue?- Dwarfs are smart.
42. Irony is when something occurs that is strikingly different than what is expected, or language that is humorously sarcastic. Why is the dwarf’s name ironic?- He is expected to do everything the queen asks him to
43. How does Ranofer prove he is telling the truth? Why does this work?- With the Golden Goblet, Which was stolen from the tombs
44. Why does Ranofer’s requested reward make the court laugh? What does the request tell you about Ranofer?- He wants to be the best goldsmith in the world, like his father
45. How does Ranofer decide on the direction underground?- He follows the voices through the tunnel.
The Golden Goblet Vocabulary Words
This is a listing of the vocabulary words that I learned while reading The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw.
- Ingratiatingly - agreeable or pleasing
- Sibilant - making or characterized by a hissing sound.
- Diffident - modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.
- Brusquely - Abrupt and curt in manner or speech discourteously blunt.
- Grudged - be resentfully unwilling to give, grant, or allow.
- Crucibles - a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.
- Amulets- an amulet, also known as a good luck charm, is an object believed to confer protection upon it's possessor.
- Drawplate - A draw plate is type of die consisting of a hardened steel plate with one or more holes through which wire is drawn to make it thinner.
- Annealing - heat metal or glass and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses and toughen it.
- Khefts - Is a very dangerous Egypt Spirit.
- Bas- the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. It was typically represented as a human-headed bird.
- Sets - put, lay, or stand something in a specified place or position.
- Jocular - fond of or characterized by joking humorous or playful.
- Irresolute - showing or feeling hesitancy, uncertain.
- Extricated - Free.
- Askew - No Straight.
- Aghast - Shock or Horror.
- Temerity - Confidence or Boldness.
- Negligently - Guilty.
- Igrate - an Ungrateful person.
- Invariable - Never Changing.
- Fatigue - is a term used to describe an overall feeling of tiredness or lack of energy.
- Waif - Homeless Child or Person.
- Aura - A deep Atmosphere.
- Lord Sobk - A god of the Nile.
- Maat - Daughter of the Sun God.
- Sedge - Grass Like Plant.
- Papyrus - is an American stationery and greeting card retailer that operates over 450 stores throughout the United States and Canada.
- Umbel -A flower Cluster.
- Obsidian - Is a form of rock made by Water and Lava
- Fishmonger - A person that sells fish at the market
- Vindictively - To seek Revenge
- Lotus -Is a type of car
- Obliterated - to wipe out, destroy
- Obeisance -Respect
- Mollified - Anger or Anxiety.
- Ferment -Stir Up.
- Gawking -Stare openly, looking stupid.
- Contagion - the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact.
- Frivolity - Lack of Seriousness.
- Bulwarks -A defensive wall.
- Succulent -a plant.
- Urchins -a young child.
- Anubis -the god of the dead.
- Natron -a mixture from salt.
- Emblamers - is the art and science of preserving human or animal remains by treating them to forestall decomposition.
- Temple of Amon - The Temple of Amon, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt.
- Solder - A melting tool.
- Nuit -is a goddess.
- Amon -is a demon.
- Scrupilously - very careful.
- Irascibly - Is an old man.
- Glibly - Readily Fluent.
- Peremptorily - Denial or refusal.
- Raucous - Harsh and loud noise.
- Ptah - In Egyptian mythology.
- Leather hinges - Hinges made of leather.
- Funerary - relating to a funeral or the commemoration of the dead.
- joviality - feeling jolly.
- Ostensibly - apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually.
- Jostled - push, elbow, or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd.
- Surliness - churlishly rude or bad-tempered.
- Complacently - is the adverb form of complacent, which means "with pleasure or satisfaction."
- Furtively - in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.
- Obesquious - fawning: an obsequious bow.
- Paltry - Small or Meager.
- Obscurity - State of being unknown.
- Kohl - A black powder.
- Akimbo - With hands on hips and elbows turned outward.
- Disconsolately - Unhappy.
- inert - Lacking Strength.
- Recoiled - Horror or Disgust.
- Tediously - Tired.
- Glum - sad.
- Indiscriminately - A random Manner.
- Respite - A short Period of rest or reject.
- Appropriated - Take something for ones own use.
- Doled - Sharing something.
- Enhance - Improve the guilty of something.
- Furtive - Guilty Nervousness.
- Malevolent - wish to do evil to others.
- Elusive - to catch or achieve.
- Sarcophagi - is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.
- Alabaster - a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.
- Menial - is a mineral rock.
- Lithe - Graceful.
- Meandering - following a winding course.
- Belligerent - hostile and aggressive.
- Jubilant - Great Happiness and triumph.
- Amiable - displaying a friend or pleasant manner.
- Philosophically - knowledge reality and existence.
- Judicously - a good judgement or sense.
- Beading - connecting beads together by stringing them.
- Scythes - a tool for cutting plants.
- Desiccated - dried out
- Nelumbo - Is a type of flower.
- Falling sickness - a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
- Anise - also called aniseed, is a flowering plant
- Voluminous - loose and ample.
- Foliage - plant leaves collectively
- Bower - Shadow Place underneath trees.
- Dullard - a slow or stupid person
- Imbecile - someone stupid
- Austere - strict person
- Intrusion - the act of intruding
- Self - recrimination - the act of insurance
- Aptitude - the ability to do something
- Drover - a person who drives animals from one place to another
- Riveted - To join together or fasten something.
- Dubius - doubt
- Haueur - haughtiness of manner, disdainful pride.
- Inestimable - too great to calculate.
- Salve - an ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection.
- Interminable - Endless
- Fanbearer - Is a type of flower
- Punt - Travel
- Seamed - Join with a seam
- Stealth - Sneaky
- Crony - Close friend
- Treacherously - Guilty
- Intermittent - not continues or steady
- inexplicable - Unable to Explain
- Phantoms - A ghost
- Staccato - a piece or passage
- Reverberations- A continuing effect
- Enigmatic - difficult to interupt
- Nocturnal - Sleeping during Day but Awake at Night Bats for Example
- Fiasco - Complete Failure
- Truncated - Shorten
- Audacious - Showing willingness
- Enticing - Attractive
- Barque - a sailing ship
- Waning - a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
- Laconically - using or marked by the use of few words
- Conspiratorial - plan to cause harm
- Morosely - gloomy, in a bad mood
- Rogues - dishonest man
- Skullduggery - Trickery
- Malice - Desire to do evil
- Tinder - Dry, Flammable, Material
- Cubit - and ancient measuring tool for legneth.
- Daubing - Coat of Smear
- Chortal - Laughing
- Wryly - Laugh in a gleeful way
- asp - Mocking Humor
- Devastatingly - Destructive or Damaged way
- Ludicrously - in a way that is so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.
- Lure - To temp someone
- Convulsively - Sudden Frantic Laughter
- Transparent - Allowing the right to pass through
- Crevices - Marks
- Brazen - Bold
- Falcon - A type of Bird
- Parched - Dried without heat
- Consternation - feeling of anxiety or dismay
- Guttural - Sounds from the throat
- Hill Lack - Small Hill or Mound
- Distractedly - Easily Distracted
- Cumbersomely - difficult to handle due to weight
- Restive - Unable to keep still
- Dubious - Heisting or doubting
- Vulture - a bird that hovers over a dead animals
- Funerary - A funeral
- Mason - A type of Jar
- Trumpet - an instrument
- Plaits - A braid
- Futile - Incable of production
- Conviction - a formal declaration that someone is guilty
- Serenity - Calm Peaceful
- Callous - Cruel disregard for others
- Ventilated - Cause the air to circle freely
- Eloquent - Fluent
- Homage - Special Honor
- Pillage - Rob a place
- Methodically - a method of doing something
- Necropolis - a cemetery
- Jamb - a side past
- Coherently - A logical but consistent way
- Precariously - in a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse.
- Burly - A large and strong person.
- Insolent - Lack of Respect
- Brandishing - Wave or Flourish
- Riffraff - disreputable or undesirable people.
- Personage - a person
- Indifferently - different
- Oblivion - unaware of what is happening
- Minutely - Great attention to detail
- Interference - distraction, interfering
- Agitated - annoyed
- Obliterated - destroyed
- Peremptory - Insisting attention or obedience
- impassive - not feeling emotion
- imperiously - way of doing something
- Incredulous - incredible
- Tremulously - Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking
- Timbre - Musical sound
- Cedar wood - a type of wood\
- Ebony - bony
- Anteroom - a waiting room
Mara, Daughter of the Nile Vocabulary Words
Here are the vocabulary words I learned while reading the book, Mara, Daughter of the Nile, written by Eloise Jarvis McGraw.
- Shenti - a garment made of cloth and worn around the waist.
- Kush - are from landrace plants mainly in Afghanistan, Northern Pakistan and North-Western India.
- Hatshepsut - was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
- Thutmose III - was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
- Gamin - is a street urchin
- Scarab - is a large dung beetle of the eastern Mediterranean area, regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt.
- Carnelian - it is a brownish-red mineral commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone.
- Gambits - it is a chess opening in which a player, more often White, sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position.
- Loggia - is a gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house and has one side open to the garden.
- Languid - is displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed.
- Chicanery - is the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.
- Guile - is sly or cunning intelligence.
- Insouciance - casual lack of concern, indifference.
- Balustrade - is a railing supported by balusters, especially an ornamental parapet on a balcony, bridge, or terrace.
- Major-domo - is the chief steward of a large household.
- Obelisks - is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally they were called tekhenu by their builders, the Ancient Egyptians.
- Time immemorial - is used to refer to a point of time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it.
- Leonine - resembling a lion or lions.
- Lee - is an American brand of denim jeans, first produced in 1889 in Salina, Kansas.
- Mien - a person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood.
- Hawser - a thick rope or cable for mooring or towing a ship.
- Flagon - a large container in which drink is served, typically with a handle and spout.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
A colony in the Chespakeake Bay Area
Vocabulary
Reformation: The Reformation was a movement within Western Christianity in the sixteenth-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Roman Catholic Church and papal authority in particular.
Joint-Stock Company: is a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
Indentured Servants: were men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.
Powhatan: people may refer to any of the Indigenous Algonquian people that are traditionally from eastern Virginia. All of the Powhatan groups descend from the Powhatan Confederacy.
John Smith: was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America in the early 17th century.
Q&A
Describe English conquest and settlement
They traveled for miles after miles.
Why did the Virginia Colony nearly fail?
because of the laziness of the colonists, the location of Jamestown, and because of the disease and famine. The colonists relied too much on the Indians that when the Indians stopped supporting them, the colony failed.
Who was the Nathaniel Bacon and what did he do?
was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery.
What is the difference between indentured labor and slavery?
The difference between slavery and indentured servitude was that indentured servitude was for a maximum period of time, typically 7 years, and slavery was for life. Slavery also meant that the slave's children were also slaves, whereas the indentured servant's children were free citizens.
Reformation: The Reformation was a movement within Western Christianity in the sixteenth-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Roman Catholic Church and papal authority in particular.
Joint-Stock Company: is a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
Indentured Servants: were men and women who signed a contract by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.
Powhatan: people may refer to any of the Indigenous Algonquian people that are traditionally from eastern Virginia. All of the Powhatan groups descend from the Powhatan Confederacy.
John Smith: was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America in the early 17th century.
Q&A
Describe English conquest and settlement
They traveled for miles after miles.
Why did the Virginia Colony nearly fail?
because of the laziness of the colonists, the location of Jamestown, and because of the disease and famine. The colonists relied too much on the Indians that when the Indians stopped supporting them, the colony failed.
Who was the Nathaniel Bacon and what did he do?
was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery.
What is the difference between indentured labor and slavery?
The difference between slavery and indentured servitude was that indentured servitude was for a maximum period of time, typically 7 years, and slavery was for life. Slavery also meant that the slave's children were also slaves, whereas the indentured servant's children were free citizens.
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