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ISCS Vocab1

If Stones Could Speak Vocabulary review

TermDefinition
informational nonfiction; a true source
literary fiction; not a true source
significant important; special
portray to show (just like a portrait/picture)
devour to eat hungrily
reveal to uncover; show; bring to light
excavate to remove earth/soil carefully to find remains
relic another word for artifact
artifact an object found and preserved from long ago
bluestone bluish or grayish building stones that can look greenish
sarsen sandstone boulders used to construct several prehistoric monuments
rigourous challenging; extremely thorough
lintel the horizontal top connecting two things together
mortise a hollow, empty opening or hole
tenon joint protruding or sticking out to fit into a mortise
technology an invention created to help solve problems through science
contradiction to go against each other; disagree; not seeing eye to eye
investigation to look into carefully or closely to examine facts; study for an answer
archaeology a science that deals with finding, studying, and interpreting human and object remains from the past
archaeologist a SCIENTIST who finds, studies, and interprets human and object remains from the past
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