16-20 Vocabulary card

adjunct

n. something added, attached, or joined

appointment

a time you have arranged to meet someone or go somewhere

archaeology

n. the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

attribute

(n.) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v.) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

barter

(n.) an exchange in trade; (v.) to exchange goods

besiege

(v.) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

bouquet

n. a bunch of flowers

collision

n. the moment when two objects hit each other

continent

n. one of the seven large landmasses on the earth

convict

v. prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty

cookout

n. adj. an event where food is grilled over fire and eaten outside, especially as a party or celebration

cylinder

n. A solid shape with one curved surface and two congruent circular bases.

decay

v. n. to become gradually damaged, worse, or less; to cause something to do this

derive

v. to take or receive from a source; to obtain through reasoning

dispersal

n. the action of spreading across or moving away over a large area, or of making people or things do this:

domesticate

v. to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control

elicit

(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

eviscerate

v. to remove the inner organs of a body

fin

n. 鰭

hinterland

n. The market area surrounding an urban center, which that urban center serves.

ignorant

adj. Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated

integral

(adj.) necessary for completeness (Without the integral ingredient of flour, you wouldn't be able to make bread.)