Day 11 Reading Passage 2 (Viking Ireland) Word list 1 Unearth (v) - to discover something in the ground
Example: Building at the site was halted after human remains were unearthed earlier this month. 2 Accompany (v) (B1) - to go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same
time as something
Example: The course books are accompanied by four CDs. 3 Assume (v) (B2) - to accept something to be true without question or proof
Example: I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same school. Example: Let’s assume (that) they’re coming and make plans on that basis. 4 Excavate (v) - to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground
in order to discover things about the past
Example: Ice age bones are being excavated in the caves. 5 Carbon dating (n) - a method of calculating the age of extremely old objects by
measuring the amount of a particular type of carbon in them
6 Reconcile (v) (C2) - to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed
to each other can agree and exist together:
Example: It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion. Example: It’s difficult to reconcile such different points o f view. 7 Raid (n) (C2) - a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people
Example: The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy). 8 Forensic (adj) - related to scientific methods of solving crimes, involving examining
the objects or substances that are involved in the crime
Example: forensic evidence/medicine/science Example: Forensic examination revealed a large quantity of poison in the dead man’s stomach.
