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Essential Words Needed for TOEFL - Time and History

Here you will learn some English words about time and history, such as "century", "decade", "eternity", etc. that are needed for the TOEFL exam.

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Essential Words Needed for TOEFL
before Christ
[adverb]
marking the years before Christ's supposed birth
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era
[noun]
a period of history marked by particular features or events
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millennium
[noun]
a period of 1000 years, usually calculated from the year of the birth of Jesus Christ
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millennial
[adjective]
marking or denoting a time span of a thousand years
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century
[noun]
a period of one hundred years
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decade
[noun]
ten years of time
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age
[noun]
a period of history identified with a particular event
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chronological
[adjective]
organized according to the order that the events occurred in
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eternity
[noun]
time that is endless
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eventual
[adjective]
happening at the end of a process or a particular period of time
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annually
[adverb]
in a way that happens once every year
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biannual
[adjective]
taking place twice a year
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indefinitely
[adverb]
for an unspecified period of time
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subsequently
[adverb]
after a particular event or time
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simultaneously
[adverb]
at exactly the same time
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beforehand
[adverb]
before an event or an action
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frequently
[adverb]
regularly and with short time in between
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instantly
[adverb]
with no delay and at once
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former
[adjective]
first in order of two things or persons that are already mentioned
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latter
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second in order of two things or persons that are already mentioned
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leap year
[noun]
a year in every four years that has 366 days instead of 365
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seasonal
[adjective]
relating to or happening during a particular season of the year
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solstice
[noun]
either of the two times of the year when the sun reaches its farthest or closest distance from the equator
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continual
[adjective]
happening repeatedly in an annoying or problematic way
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daybreak
[noun]
the time in the very early morning when the first sunlight appears
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dusk
[noun]
the time after sun sets that is not yet completely dark
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solar year
[noun]
the time span in which earth orbits the sun
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lunar year
[noun]
a period of 12 lunar months (the time span between two new moons), which is around 354 days
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later on
[adverb]
after the time mentioned or in the future
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prehistoric
[adjective]
related or belonging to the time before history was recorded
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primitive
[adjective]
characteristic of an early stage of human or animal evolution
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civilization
[noun]
a society that has developed its own culture and institutions in a particular period of time or place
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historian
[noun]
someone who studies or records historical events
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medieval
[adjective]
belonging or related to the Middle Ages, which was the period between the 5th and 15th centuries
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golden age
[noun]
a period of great prosperity and success, particularly in the past
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archive
[noun]
a place or a collection of records or documents of historical importance
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origin
[noun]
the point or place where something has its foundation or beginning
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anno Domini
[adverb]
used to refer to a date that is after the birth of Jesus Christ
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monument
[noun]
a place or building that is historically important
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Common Era
[adverb]
used with a date to refer to things happened or existed after the birth of Christ
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