Unit 1 Week 3 Vocab

UNIT 1 WEEK 3 VOCAB

ARCHAEOLOGICAL-ADJ

• Having to do with digging up artifacts to study the past

Celestial-adj

--heavenly

COMMUNISM-NOUN

• A government that decides which goods should be made and how they should be distributed to citizens

Excavation-N

--to dig out

THEOCRACY-NOUN

• Government based on religion

Scaled-verb-to climb

TYRANNICAL-ADJ

•Dominant, cruel, oppressive leadership

Patriarch-male head of the family

CITATION-NOUN

• Reference quotation

Content-adj-happily satisfied

COMPLACENT-ADJ

• Satisfied to the point of nonchalance

Flourished-v-to grow successfully

PRECAUTION-NOUN

• Care taken beforehand to prevent harm

Smug-adj-self-satisfied (pleased with yourself)

SUMMIT-NOUN

• Top, highest point

Vexed-verbBothered /stressed

PREVALENT-ADJ

•Widely existing or occurring

Discord-nounLack of harmony; conflict

EXTORT-VERB

• To obtain by threat or violence

Ostentation-NBoastful display