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100

a person's education, family, and experience (what is behind them!)


Background

100

to give someone an illness

infect

100

traditional story that explains a culture's history, beliefs

myth

100

one who works with a bank's customers

teller

200

Red-brown metal used in electric wire, pipes, or coins. 

copper

200

collection of beliefs, stories from a culture

folklore


(folk = people, lore =stories)

200

to raise to a higher position

promote

200

someone who is honest and truthful

trustworthy
300

used to trick a person or thing to do something

bait

300

an uncomfortable sensation or feeling on the skin that causes a desire to SCRATCH

ITCH

300

to have a connection with something

relate

300

make something more modern

update

400

to record an event or speech. 

The daily newspaper ------ local and world events. 

chronicle

400

books, plays, poetry

literature

400

a belief in a god or gods; a system of belief


religion

400

poisonous substance

venom

500

an illness that causes specific problems

ex. causes you to lose your hearing

disease


(dis-ease = not easy)

500

1000 years

millenium

500

a specific amount of money

sum

500

carries blood in the body

vein

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