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Advanced Words Needed for TOEFL - History

Here you will learn some English words about history, such as "prehistory", "jurassic", "chronicle", etc. that are needed for the TOEFL exam.

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Advanced Words Needed for TOEFL
stone age
[noun]
the early period of human history when people used things such as stone, horn, bone, etc. to make tools
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prehistory
[noun]
the era in human history from which we have no written record
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ice age
[noun]
one of the periods in history when ice covered large parts of the world
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antiquity
[noun]
the historical period before the Middle Ages, especially before the sixth century when Greeks and Romans were the most prosperous
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dark ages
[noun]
the era in European history commenced at the end of the Roman Empire in AD 476 and lasted until AD 1000
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the Middle Ages
[noun]
an era in European history, between about AD 1000 and AD 1500, when the authority of kings, people of high rank, and the Christian Church was unquestionable
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Iron Age
[noun]
the period that began about 1100 BC when people used iron tools for the first time
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Bronze Age
[noun]
the period when iron was not discovered and people used bronze to make tools
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christian era
[noun]
the period that began with Christ's birth
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paleontology
[noun]
the branch of science that studies fossils
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jurassic
[adjective]
relating to the period between around 208 to 146 million years ago, when the largest known dinosaurs lived
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cretaceous
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relating to the period between approximately 146 and 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs lived (until their extinction)
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hellenistic
[adjective]
relating to Greek history, language, and culture, especially the era from the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony in 31 BC, during which Greek culture thrived considerably
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Enlightenment
[noun]
a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
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archaic
[adjective]
dating back to the ancient past
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barbarian
[noun]
a person who was not a member of a great civilization (Greek, Roman, Christian) and was believed to be savage and uncivil
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to chronicle
[verb]
to record a series of historical events in a detailed way by a chronological order
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anachronism
[noun]
a thing placed in the wrong period of history
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archeology
[noun]
the study of civilizations of the past and historical periods by the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains
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colony
[noun]
any territory under the full or partial control of another more powerful nation, often occupied by settlers from that nation
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ruin
[noun]
(plural) the remains of something such as a building after it has been seriously damaged or destroyed
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circa
[preposition]
used typically before a date to show that it is not exact
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tsar
[noun]
the king or emperor of Russia prior to 1917
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the Commonwealth
[noun]
the political structure during a period in the history of the UK between 1649 and 1660, called the interregnum, during which the country was ruled without a king or queen
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