World History Vocabulary

kaylar F. (United States of America)
30 words 32 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First
Print Flashcards

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. rival
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  2. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  3. stalk
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant
  4. pile
    a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  5. utensil
    an implement for practical use
  6. sustain
    lengthen or extend in duration or space
  7. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  8. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  9. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
  10. wage
    payment for work
  11. emerge
    come out into view, as from concealment
  12. weave
    pattern or structure of a fabric
  13. manipulate
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously
  14. asset
    a useful or valuable quality
  15. promote
    assign to a higher position
  16. tame
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
  17. erect
    upright in position or posture
  18. stance
    a rationalized mental attitude
  19. remnant
    a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
  20. descendant
    a person considered as coming from some ancestor or race
  21. physique
    constitution of the human body
  22. roam
    move about aimlessly or without any destination
  23. implement
    a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose
  24. ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
  25. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
  26. sheer
    so thin as to transmit light
  27. eliminate
    end, take out, or do away with
  28. skeleton
    the structure providing a frame for the body of an animal
  29. foreshadow
    indicate by signs
  30. spawn
    the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or mollusks
Created on Mon Aug 26 09:24:24 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Aug 26 09:39:02 EDT 2013)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.