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Digging up History Vocabulary

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    Important vocabulary from Digging up History reading
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  • (n.) an object, such as a tool, that was made in the past.
    artifact
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  • (n.) the main shape or edge of something, without any details.
    outline
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  • (n.) someone who studies the buildings, graves, tools, and other objects of people who lived in the past.
    archaeologist
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  • (v.) to accept, allow, or officially agree to something.
    approve
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  • (idiom) responsible for something or someone.
    in charge (of something/someone)
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  • (v.) to guess something, without having much or any proof.
    surmise
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  • (v.) to make something last a longer time.
    prolong
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  • (v.) to remove solids from liquids or gases, or to remove particular types of light, using special equipment.
    filter
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  • (v.) to be everywhere around something.
    surround
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  • (v.) to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way.
    decode
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  • (v.) (especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen.
    occur
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  • (n.) an item that some people want to collect as a hobby.
    collectible
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  • (n.) a person who makes and repairs iron objects and horseshoes.
    blacksmith
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  • (n.) a person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structures.
    carpenter
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  • (n.) the activity of making quilts, or the material used for making quilts.
    quilting
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  • (adj.) surprising and sometimes worrying.
    startling
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