VOCABULARY LIST. HISTORIANS, 2nd year, 1nd GROUP

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VOCABULARY LIST

HISTORIANS, 2nd year, 1nd GROUP

1. Gold fever / gold rush

2. To discover

3. Discovery

4. To contribute

5. Resident

6. To trickle (into)

7. To destroy

8. To catch someone’s eye

9. To make a statement

10. To declare

11. To descend (on the country)

12. To mortgage

13. To borrow

14. To band

15. Joint stock company

16. To collapse

17. To alter one’s vision

18. Opportunity

19. To make money

20. To make sense

21. To make a mess

22. To take a chance

23. To take a risk

24. To take advantage

25. To benefit

26. To make a fortune

27. To escape

28. To own

29. To intend

30. Intention

31. Laws of supply and demand

32. (Religious) persecution

33. To escape religious persecution

34. To refuse

35. To capitalize

36. To be in the way

37. To arrive

38. On arrival

39. Mormons

40. Agriculture

41. Agricultural

42. Gold fields

43. To triple

44. Tiny population

45. To recognize

46. A gap in the market

47. To dig

48. Digger

49. Shovels

50. Picks

51. Pans

52. To corner the market

53. To lose a fortune

54. To lead to downfall

55. Before Christ (BC)

56. Anno Domini (AD)

57. To withdraw

58. Tribe

59. Angles

60. Saxons

61. Jutes

62. To settle

63. Settle

64. To resist

65. To put up fierce resistance

66. Resistance

67. To take over

68. To invade

69. Invader

70. To spread Christianity

71. To convert

72. Pagan

73. The Viking Raids

74. To have impact

75. (Cultural) impact

76. To influence

77. Influence

78. Disruption

79. Gender

80. Ending

81. To lead to

82. Norman Conquest

83. To conquer

84. Conqueror

85. Bible

86. Printing press

87. To emerge

88. To (dis)appear

89. Vowels

90. Consonants

91. Relations

92. To settle down

93. Settler

94. To defeat

95. The Battle of Hastings

96. Kingdom

97. Renaissance

98. Revival of education

99. Adventure

100. Common people

101. Dominant classes

102. To survive

103. Survival

104. Piped water

105. Private property

106. To show off

107. Value

108. Inn

109. Gambling

110. Household

111. Mayor

112. Lawyer

113. To turn into slave

114. Slave

115. Convict

116. Affair

117. Severe punishment

118. Self-defence

119. Ancestor

120. (Barbaric) tribes

121. Expansion (of the British Empire)

122. Enormous (economic power)

123. Lingua franca

124. Degree of fluency

125. To spread

126. To establish

127. Permanent (English speakers’) settlement

128. Distinctive (language)

129. Founder

130. Prisoner

131. To send away

132. Cockney

133. To borrow

134. Borrowed words

135. Maori

136. Treaty

137. Minor crimes

138. Inalienable rights

139. Equal

140. To create

141. Self-evident

142. Liberty / Life / Pursuit of happiness

143. To mark

144. To dominate

145. Domination

146. Tax

147. Rebel

148. To represent

149. Mother country

150. To set fire

151. Easy fortune

152. Antislavery (policy)

153. Cause of war

154. Bloody affair

155. Event

156. Massacre

157. To be in action

158. To change drastically

159. To prohibit

160. Prohibition

161. Manufacture

162. (Il)legal

163. Sale

164. Rise

165. Crash

166. To lead

167. Economic depression

168. Poverty

169. Unemployment

170. To take place on the world stage

171. Troops

172. To force

173. Black Civil Rights Movement

174. To assassinate

175. Mystery

176. To remain a mystery

177. To surround

178. Golden Age

179. To undergo

180. Search for truth

181. Systematic study of the world

182. Playwright

183. To culminate

184. Magnificent

185. To flourish

186. Temple

187. To undertake

188. To start with

189. To afford

190. Trading centre

191. Mediterranean

192. To provide

193. Leisure

194. Goods

195. To conduct

196. Metics

197. Foreigner

198. To play a vital role

199. To be in a period of transition

200. To be equal by law

201. Direct democracy

202. To take major political decisions

203. (Urban / aristocratic) society

204. At the same time

205. To move away

206. Ancient (myths)

207. Belief in human nature

208. Frenzy of creativity

209. Outstanding

210. Be the cradle of smth.

211. Artists

212. To aim

213. Splendour

214. Breathtaking

215. To achieve

216. (Cultural) achievements

217. Medieval world

218. Middle Ages

219. To develop

220. Development

221. Accounting

222. To be in a state of flux

223. To go up and down socially

224. Art

225. Works of art

226. Merchants

227. Increase in number

228. To improve

229. Literacy rate

230. Explosion of creativity

231. Amateur

232. Amateur recreation

233. To entertain

234. Entertainment

235. To attract

236. To distract

237. Audiences

238. To satisfy the demand

239. Insatiable demand

240. To cause

241. The burst if literary activity

242. To undergo dramatic changes

243. To look for

244. Rich

245. Poor

246. Masterpiece

247. Masterful

248. Celebrities

249. To inspire

250. Inspiration

251. Landmarks

252. To think over

253. To rock a baby

254. To come on smb.

255. Equation

256. To be aware of

257. Recent developments

258. Nuclear bomb

259. To research

260. To work on one’s own

261. Mould-breaking

262. Unbelievable amount (of energy)

263. Theory of relativity

264. To vary

265. To move in slow motion

266. Painstakingly

267. To observe

268. Observation

269. Nebulae

270. Patches of light

271. Light year

272. Speed of light

273. To prove

274. Far-reaching

275. Findings

276. Mould

277. To destroy

278. Unassuming

279. To involve

280. To be involved

281. Accuracy

282. Artillery shells

283. To measure

284. To weigh

285. To consume

286. To go dim

287. Ground-breaking

288. Living things

289. Genome for human beings

290. Time-consuming

291. Data

292. To cure hereditary illnesses

293. Promising

294. Breakthrough

295. Science

296. Scientist

297. Scientific

298. To succeed

299. Success

300. Successful

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