Vocabulary Week 12

Vocabulary Week 12

Week 12 Day 1

•Allegiance •Armada•Conquest

Answer Day 1

• Allegiance - al·le·giance noun• 1. Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to

a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.

Answer Day 1

• Armada - ar·ma·da noun• 1. A fleet of warships.

Answer Day 1

• Conquest - con·quest noun• 1. To take control of a place or people by use

of military force.

Week 12 Day 2

•Finance•Native•Hispaniola

Answer Day 2

• Finance – fi·nance Verb• 1. Provide funding for a person or enterprise.

Answer Day 2

• Native - na·tive noun

• 1. A person born in a specified place or associated with a place.

Answer Day 2

• Hispaniola - His·pan·io·la noun• 1. An island in the West Indies, comprising the

Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Week 12 Day 3

•Voyage•Conquistador

Answer Day 3

• Voyage - voy·age noun• 1. A long journey involving travel by sea or in

space.

Answer Day 3

• Conquistador - con·quis·ta·dor noun

• 1. A conqueror, esp. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

Week 12 Day 4

•Document•Colony

Answer Day 4

• Document - doc·u·ment noun

• 1. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

Answer Day 4

• Colony - col·o·ny noun• 1. A country or area under the full or partial

political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.