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ISCS, Vocab. part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thoroughly accurate; precise | rigorous |
| a supporting horizontal beam at the top of a doorway or window | lintels |
| a slot or other shape cut into a piece of wood or metal and intended to connect with a matching piece cut to fit it exactly when inserted into it | mortise |
| a protruding part shaped to fit into a mortise to make a joint | tenon |
| stones that are greenish in color | bluestone |
| large stones made from grains of sand | sarsens |
| something that has survived from the past, such as an object or a custom. | relic |
| the culture of a particular society that has reached an advanced level. | civilization |
| to look into carefully and closely so as to learn the facts; examine | investigate |
| the point in the apparent path of the sun at which the sun is farthest north or south of the equator | solstice |
| a condition in which two things are in opposition to each other; discrepancy | contradiction |
| a way to measure the age of something that was once alive | Carbon-14 dating |
| longest day of the year (about June 21st) | summer solstice |
| shortest day of the year (about December 22nd) | winter solstice |
| thoroughly accurate; precise | rigorous |
| a supporting horizontal beam at the top of a doorway or window | lintels |
| a slot or other shape cut into a piece of wood or metal and intended to connect with a matching piece cut to fit it exactly when inserted into it | mortise |
| a protruding part shaped to fit into a mortise to make a joint | tenon |
| stones that are greenish in color | bluestone |
| large stones made from grains of sand | sarsens |
| something that has survived from the past, such as an object or a custom. | relic |
| the culture of a particular society that has reached an advanced level. | civilization |
| to look into carefully and closely so as to learn the facts; examine | investigate |
| the point in the apparent path of the sun at which the sun is farthest north or south of the equator | solstice |
| a condition in which two things are in opposition to each other; discrepancy | contradiction |
| a way to measure the age of something that was once alive | Carbon-14 dating |
| longest day of the year (about June 21st) | summer solstice |
| shortest day of the year (about December 22nd) | winter solstice |
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