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Egypt game vocab chapters 20-23
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6th Grade
02/28/2022

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Alibi
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A plea offered by an accused person of not having been at the crime scene
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Bewilder
Definition
To cause confusion
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Primitive
Definition
Original or relating to the earliest period
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Gloat
Definition
Think about or dwell about one’s own success
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Nefertiti
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Nefertiti's parentage is unrecorded, but, as her name translates as “A Beautiful Woman Has Come,” early Egyptologists believed that she must have been a princess from Mitanni
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pharaoh
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a ruler of anciet Egypt
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Evasive
Definition
tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, ve
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heir
Definition
a person inheriting and continuing the legacy of a predecessor.
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dead-pan
Definition
deliberately impassive or expressionless
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Ritual
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a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
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incense
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a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces.
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Sinister
Definition
giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
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Papyrus
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a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.
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Chaperone
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a person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people.
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Liable
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responsible by law; legally answerable.
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Omen
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an event regarded as a portent of good or evil.
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Trance
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a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.
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Wary
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feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
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Angular
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having angles or sharp corners.
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Populace
Definition
The common people
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Brine
Definition
Solution of salt and water
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solemn
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Highly serious- often at a religious ceremony
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Oracle
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A person of great authority and wisdom
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Spectator
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A person who looks on
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Exasperate
Definition
Irritate and frustrate
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