Vocabulary Flashcards

Front

To explain or determine the meaning of something

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Interpret

Front

Different in a noticeable way

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Distinct

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A simple machine made of a wheel or set of wheels used with a rope or chain to raise and lower objects

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Pulley

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A wet substance that hardens as it dries to hold bricks or stones together

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Mortar

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A type of plaster used as decoration or to cover walls

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Stucco

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To spread apart in different directions

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Disperse

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A sudden, widespread illness

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Epidemic

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A person who is skilled at making things by hand; a craftsman

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Artisan

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A knee-length piece of clothing, like a simple dress

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Tunic

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To become smaller or lessen over time

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Dwindle