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Lafferty Vocab 17-20
Rewards Vocabulary Lessons 17-20 (content area)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| curious | When you are eager to know or learn something. |
| hypothesis | An idea that is suggested as a possible explanation for a particular situation or condition, but which has not yet been proved to be correct. |
| observe | When you watch them carefully, especially in order to learn something about them. |
| evidence | Anything that makes you believe something is true or has really happened. |
| culture | The way of live of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs. |
| civilization | An advanced culture characterized by cities, an organized political system, art, religion, education, and a writing system. |
| produce | When you make or create something. |
| unify | When things or parts are brought together to form one thing. |
| colony | When people from a powerful country claim and occupy distant lands, even if other people already live there. |
| foreign | Someone or something that comes from or relates to another country. |
| romanticize | When you think of something as better or more exciting than it really is. |
| settle | When people settle a place or in a place, they start living there permanently. |
| accomplishment | The successful completion of a task or the achievement of a goal. |
| intrigues | When something strange or unusual interests you and you want to know more about it. |
| speculate | When you make guesses about the nature of something or about what might happen. |
| innovation | A new thing or a new method of doing something. |