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.