Common Core Vocabulary 8

Common Core Vocabulary 8 http://quizlet.com/ELMSScobbie

Linguist: A person who speaks several languages and studies the structure of human speech

Literature: The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively

Luxury: Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

Mature: Fully developed

Medieval: Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

Mediterranean: A large sea between two continents, Southern Europe and Northern Africa

Mestizos: A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory

Miniature: Being on a very small scale

Monarch: A ruler of a kingdom or empire

Moral: Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character

based on those principles

Myth: A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and

beliefs of a society

Negotiate: To discuss something in an attempt to reach agreement

Naturalize: To become a citizen of one country after being born in another country

Nourish: To provide with food necessary for life and growth

Negate: To nullify, deny, bring to nothing

Optic: Pertaining to vision

Oracle: Someone or something that can predict the future

Patron: A regular customer

Perspective: A way of looking at things

Pharaoh: The title of the ancient Egyptian kings

Pope: The head of the Roman Catholic Church

Prehistoric: Refers to events or objects that date to a time before writing developed and written records exist

Pact: An agreement between persons, groups or nations

Perish: To die; to be killed or destroyed

Prosperous: Successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; well-off

Puritan: A member of the Church of England who settled in North America to follow Christian beliefs in a more

"pure" way

Pyramid: Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom

Reformation: A 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that

rejected the Pope's authority.

Renaissance: The revival of learning and culture

Revoke: To make invalid; deactivate

Resist: To express opposition through action or words

Savanna: A grassland with scattered trees; found in tropical regions of Africa, Australia, and South America

Scribe: A professional writer

Shogun: A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

Stockbroker: An agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds

Toboggan: A long, narrow, sled used on snow to carry people

Vineyard: A field where grapes are grown

Veto: The power to forbid or prevent

Viceroy: A governor who ruled as a representative of a monarch

Victory: A successful ending of a struggle or contest