TOEFL’da Çıkan 400 Kelime | 14. Ünite Anthropology

TOEFL’da Çıkan 400 Kelime | 14. Ünite Anthropology

assimilate

v. To consume and incorporate; to become similar.

Not all of the overseas students could assimilate into the rigidly controlled school.

 

cremation

n. The act of burning the dead.

An cremation is particularly common in Japan, where land for burial is very limited.

 

domesticate

v. To make something suitable for being in a home.

The Barnes family hoped to domesticate the tiger, but their neighbors were skeptical.

 

folklore

n. Traditional myths of a people transmitted orally.

Through folklore, archaeologists have learned about the migration.
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fossilize

v. To become preserved in clay or stone or ash after death,so that a natural record is left of the original organism; to become rigid and stuck in old ways

The dinosaur eggs had fossilized over thousands of years of the army.

 

relic

n. Something left from a long-ago culture, time period, or person.

Relics of the war can still be found in the sand dunes along this
shore.

 

rite

n. A ceremony meant to achieve a certain purpose.

Many cultures have fertility rites that supposedly make it more likely for women to bear children.

 

ritually

adv. As part of a traditional ceremony or habit.

The children ritually kissed their parents on the cheek before bed.

 

saga

n. A long story about important events long ago.

Many American families tell sagas about their ancestors’ arrival in the United States.

 

vestige

n. A visible trace that something once existed.

The wilted flowers were the only vestige of their romantic weekend.