Vocabulary for Sugar Changed the World

Part One

Fostered (v.) – promoted the growth or development of

Mythic (adj.) – existing only in traditional or legendary stories

Epic (adj.) – noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great accomplishments is narrated in elevated style

Subcontinent (n.) – a large landmass forming a subdivision of a continent

Reed (n.) – the straight stalk of any various tall grasses growing in marshy places

Cultivated (v.) – to have prepared and worked on (land) in order to raise cropsCryastallized (v.) – to have formed into crystals

Refine (v.) – to bring to a finer state or form by purifying

Mediums (n.) – the category of a work of art, as determined by its materials and methods of production

Pagan (n.) – person who believes in more than one god

Conquest (n.) -- the act or state of acquiring by force of arms

Lavish (adj.)– using or giving in great amounts

Subsidies (n.) – sums paid by one government to another to secure some service in return

Commodities (n.) – articles of trade or commerce, especially products

Integration (n.) – an act or instance of combining into a whole

Marginalized (v.) – to make seem unimportant

Part II Vocabulary Repose (n.) – the state of being at rest

Vermin (n.) – disgusting animals, especially of small size, such as rats

Machete (n.) – a large, heavy knife

Granule (n.) – a small grain

Hogshead (n.) – a large cask or barrel

Fervor (n.) – intensity of feeling or expression

Stubble (n.) – the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is out

Verandahs (.n) – large porches, usually roofed and partly closed, as b a railing, often extending across the front side of a house

Propaganda (n.) – information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.