READING 2 - VOCABULARY
Chapter 6. CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD
PART 1
Nouns
-Architecture: the design or style of a building or buildings
-Cathedrals: the main church of a district, under the care of a bishop
-Civilization: a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or
in a particular part of the world
-Contradiction: a lack of agreement between facts, opinions, actions, etc.
-Discoveries: an act or the process of finding sth/sb or learning about sth that was not
known before.
-Legacy: money or property that is given to you by sb when they die
-Literature: pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, esp. novels, plays and
poems
-Media: the main ways that large numbers of people receive information and
entertainment, that is television, radio, newspapers and the internet.
-Medicine: the study and treatment of diseases and injures
-Societies: particular communities of people who share the same customs, laws, etc
-Weapons: objects such as knives, guns, bombs, etc. that are used for fighting or
attacking sb.
Verbs
-Agree: to have the same opinion as somebody; to say that you have the same opinion
-Contradict: to say that something that somebody else has said is wrong, and that the
opposite is true
-Describe: to say what somebody/something is like
-Develop: to gradually grow or become bigger, more advanced, stronger, etc.; to make
something do this
-Experience: to have a particular situation affect you or happen to you
-Grinning: to smile widely
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