Chapter 4 Unit 1 Flashcards
The theory has been widely discredited by scholars.
Scholars say that …
Scholar:
A person who has a great knowledge in a particular field.
Organizational ability is an essential attribute for a good manager.
Ancient civilizations attributed the origins of writing 🏮to🏮the gods.
Attribute: a quality or characteristic that someone or something has, see as the origin of something.
The Maya included mythological creatures in their writing system.
Today we reas the myths that were told in ancient times.
Mythology was very important in ancient civilizations.
Mythology, mythological , myth:
A set of traditional stories used to explain the origins of things.
After they got married, they settled in Brooklyn.
Settle: To go and live somewhere , especially permanently.
🛎 Now we have got hospital bills along with our usual expenses.
Along with someone/something:
In addition to someone or something else.
As a token of our gratitude for all you have done for us , we would like you to accept this gift.
a white flag is a token of surrender
tokens of profound grief
Token: An object used to represent something else.
One of the earliest clay tablests of this type was found in axcavations from the time of the sumerian culture
to excavate ancient ruins
Excavate, Excavation, excavator:
to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past.
He carved her name on a tree.
Some of the tunnels in the cliff are natural, some were carved out (= cut into the rock) by soldiers for defensive purposes.
He carved her name on a tree.
Carve:
To make something by cutting into especially wood or stone, or to cut into the surface of stone, wood, etc.
It was later adopted by other cultures and became the basis for other writing systems.
Basis *** basic
The game is thought to have originated among the native of Alaska.
Originating in a system that used puctures to represent objects….
Originate: to come from a particular place, time , situation
The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts.
Encompass:
To include different type of things.
They are famous for they writing they inscribed on temple walls and other religious structures.
Inscribe: To mark a surface with a words or letters
It seems to me that a lot of evil deeds are done in the name of religion.
She’s always helping people and doing good deeds.
Deed: An act, especially a good or bad one.
Far more resources are needed to improve adult literacy.
The country has a literacy rate of almost 98%.
Computer literacy is becoming as essential as the ability to drive a car.
Literacy:
The ability to read and write
Literacy , literate , illiteracy , illiterate
She hired a lawyer who specializes in divorce cases.
a restaurant that specializes in seafood
I enjoy working in general medicine, but I hope to be able to specialize in the future.
The hospital is unable to provide the highly specialized care specialized skills.
Specialize, specialized:
to spend most of your time studying one particular subject or doing one type of business:
