Marco Polo Vocabulary Flashcard #2

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What is the role of a merchant?

Back

A person who buys and sells things.

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What does it mean to develop something?

Back

To bring something into being or cause it to grow

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Who is responsible for directing the course of a ship or plane?

Back

A navigator

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What is the process of changing words into another language called?

Back

Translating

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What does the term "extensively" imply?

Back

On a large scale or in a large amount

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Who maintains good relations with other countries on behalf of a government?

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A diplomat

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What is a voyage?

Back

A trip, usually by ship

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What does it mean to accompany someone?

Back

To go along with them

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What is skepticism?

Back

Doubt or unbelief about whether something is true

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What does "relatively" mean when comparing things?

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Compare something to another thing or somewhat like something else.