Focused learning Vocabulary
Focused learning
Vocabulary
ELA Vocabulary
7th History Vocabulary
8th History Vocabulary
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Apparition
A ghostly image
100
Something seen in advance.
Preview
100
Comparing to unlike things.
metaphor
100
Ruler/king/Emperor given the right to rule by God.
Mandate of heaven
100
A process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly.
Silent barter
200
Easily seen.
Noticeable
200
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Simile
200
A person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to the king.
Lords
200
Rift
A long, deep valley formed by the movement of the earths crust.
300
Can be read easily.
Legible
300
Hints or clues about what will happen in a story.
Foreshadowing
300
Peasants
Farmer with small farm
300
Anamism
The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.
400
Expect
To look for as likely to happen.
400
To disappear.
Vanish
400
he formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
onomatopoeia
400
a prediction by a wise person, or a person who makes a prediction.
Oracle
400
Savannah
An open grassland with scattered trees.
500
Televise
To show on television.
500
The ability to see ahead.
Foresight
500
An indirect reference to something that most people will have in common. Example: May the Force be with you(referencing Star Wars).
allusion
500
Dynasty
A series of rulers from the same family.
500
Africa South of the Sahara.
Sub-Saharan Africa