Gloria's Vocabulary
Vocabulary from social studies text book.
Terms
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- churning
- to move about or stir violently
- canal
- long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
- effect
- (n.) consequence or result
- approximate
- almost correct or exact; estimate
- flash flood
- a sudden, violent flood
- occupation
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; job
- link
- a connection between two or more locations (trade links were routes/roads that ran between places and were used for trade)
- attraction
- something that delights, draws attention, or entices
- turn to
- direct one's interest or attention towards
- finely
- in a small or delicate way
- rely
- have confidence or faith in
- exaggeration
- making to seem more important than it really is
- craft
- people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
- torrent
- a violently fast stream of water
- game
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- scribe
- in ancient civilizations, a specially trained person who knew how to read, write, and keep records
- affect
- (v.) to act physically on; to influence, (n.), feeling or emotion, especially as shown in facial expressions or body language
- irrigation
- to supply land with water by means of ditches, canals, or channels
- draw particular direction for a specific reason
- represent or illustrate by means of pencil lines
- silt
- fine soil found on river bottoms
- dam, v.
- obstruct with, to blockade water flow
- accurate
- without mistakes or errors in facts
- delta
- a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water
- bold
- fearless; courageous, brave, willing to stand up for what you believe
- unification
- the state of being joined or united; the joining of separate parts such as kingdoms into 1
- cataract
- a large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water
- tablet
- a slab of stone or wood suitable for writing
- harvest
- the process of gathering of a ripened crop
- preserved
- kept intact or in a particular condition
- surplus
- a quantity much larger than is needed
- yield
- give over; give away (as in power to the throne)
- mercy
- compassion shown toward offenders by a person
- source
- the place where something begins
- stable
- firm and dependable
- carving
- a sculpture created by carving (as wood or ivory or stone)
- draw
- to pull, direct, or encourage something in a particular direction for a specific reason
- mark
- indicate
- invasion
- when an army enters a region in order to dominate
- dam, n.
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- riverbed
- channel in which a river flows
- earthen
- made of earth (ground, soil) or baked clay
- rich
- high in mineral content
- deposit
- the act of putting something somewhere as in sediment or gravel