Vocabulary Week 4
Day 1 Sect Bazaar
Answers Day 1 Sect – sekt = noun 1. A group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.
Answers Day 1 Bazaar - bəˈzär = noun 1. A market in a Middle Eastern country.
Day 2 Sufi Scholars
Answers Day 2 Sufi - ˈso͞ofē = noun 1. A Muslim ascetic and mystic.
Answers Day 2 Scholar - skälər = noun 1. A specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic.
Day 3 Empire Arabic
Answers Day 3 Empire - emˌpī(ə)r = noun 1. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
Answers Day 3 Arabic - erəbik = noun 1. The Semitic language of the Arabs, spoken by some 150 million people throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Day 4 Astrolabe Science
Answers Day 4 Astrolabe - astrəˌlāb = nounhistorical 1. An instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant.
Answers Day 4 Science - sīəns = noun 1. The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.