Ancient Egyptians-Unit 3

Tuts Treasures

100

To steal, rob, or carry away something that doesn't belong to you.

_{After the earthquake, many stores had broken windows and fallen walls, making it easy for people to get in and ______ things from the store.}

Loot

200

A scientist who studies ancient people and things.

_{The ________ was excited when he dug up tools people used thousands of years ago.}

Archeologist 

300

To cause someone to be very interested or amazed.

_{Horses _______ John, so he reads lots of books about horses.}

Fascinate

400

Very beautiful or rare.

_{The ______ earrings were made of bright gold that sparkled in the light.}

Exquisite 

500

A new way of understanding something.

^{I gained a new ______ into cooking vegetables when I watched my mom cook carrots; the key was to not cook them too long.}

Insight

Questions About a Queen

100

To win a victory over someone or something.

_{If we _______ over the other soccer team, we will celebrate by going out for ice cream.}

Triumph

200

To discover or dig up.

_{The archeologists gently dug in the ground with small shovels and brushes to _____ the tools and pieces of pottery that had been buried hundreds of years ago.}

Unearth

300

To wear away or wash away over time. 

_{After years of being outside in the rain and wind, the stone statue in our garden began to _____ and lose its shape.}

Erode

400

The beliefs, skills, arts, tools, traditions, and ways of life of a group of people. 

_{In American _______, the freedom to say and write what you think is very important.}

Culture

500

To help or encourage something to happen.

_{Jill wrote a newspaper article about her uncle's new store to _______ it.}

Promote

Building Big-With a Motive

100

Easy to see, recognize, or understand.

_{It was ______ that Martha would fail the math test when she left half the questions blank.}

Obvious

200

Difficult or requiring a lot of effort.

_{Filling hundreds of sandbags and stacking them along the riverbank to stop the river from flooding was an ______ task.}

Arduous

300

A reason for doing something.

_{The child's _____ for eating her dinner was to get desert.}

Motive

400

To make it possible for someone to do something.

_{The new bridge will _____ us to cross the other side of the river.}

Enable

500

To keep something in good condition.

_{We will _______ our carpet by taking our shoes off at the door.}

Preserve

The Mystery of the Sphinx

100

A guess someone makes after thinking about something carefully.

_{My ________ is that the cold weather will freeze this small cup of water in just minutes, but I will know for sure after I try it.}

Hypothesis

200

Being uncovered, being left open to danger, or being unprotected against the effects of something.

_{Long ______ to the sun caused my face to get sunburned.}

Exposure

300

Earlier, previous, or happening before.

_{I couldn't go to the lunch, because I had a ______ appointment; I had scheduled a haircut for that time.}

Prior

400

To state, show, or make known. 

_{I will write my name on my bag to _______ that it belongs to me.}

Indicate

500

To become worse, to wear away, or to lose quality or value.

_{The old house was beginning to __________, so we fixed the roof and made the walls stronger.}

Deteriorate 

Bonus

100

A picture or drawing that shows how something looks.

_{The _________ of the park showed what it looked like at sunset.}

Illustration

200

A picture, statue, or figure made to look like something or someone.

_{The drawing was a great ________ of Jill; it looked just like her.}

Representation

300

Something that stands for or represents another thing.

_{The eagle is a ______ of freedom in the United States.}

Symbol

400

Closeness or nearness.

_{I can always smell dinner cooking while I watch the evening news because of the ________ of the family room to the kitchen.}

Proximity

500

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Time for the test!