Grade 6: Unit 8: Vocabulary from Readings 1

This list covers "SuperCroc," "Bird Brains," The First Emperor, and "Digging Up the Past: Discovery and Excavation of Shi Huangdi’s Tomb."
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  1. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
  2. expert
    a person with special knowledge who performs skillfully
  3. extinct
    no longer in existence
  4. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  5. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  6. engage
    carry out or participate in an activity
  7. perception
    a way of conceiving something
  8. mimic
    someone who imitates
  9. variation
    something a little different from others of the same type
  10. complexity
    the quality of being intricate and compounded
  11. archaeology
    the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
  12. barbarian
    a crude person lacking culture or refinement
  13. surpass
    be or do something to a greater degree
  14. immortality
    the state of eternal life
  15. ancestor
    someone from whom you are descended
  16. dedicate
    set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
  17. excavation
    the act of digging
  18. preservation
    the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
  19. disintegrate
    break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
  20. reconstruction
    the activity of building something again
Created on Tue May 11 15:15:45 EDT 2021 (updated Wed May 12 13:47:55 EDT 2021)

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