| A | B |
|---|
| before | (adv or adj) earlier; sooner than |
| great | (adjective) outstanding; excellent |
| modern | (adj) pertaining to recent times |
| left | (verb) went away from a place - past tense of leave |
| plenty | (noun) a full amount |
| beautiful | (adj) having qualities that give pleasure |
| excerpt | (noun) a passage or selection from a text |
| expert | (noun) one with a special skill or knowledge of a particular subject |
| cite | (verb) to quote another person |
| about | (adverb) reasonably close to; (prep) on every side |
| of | (preposition) belonging to, relating to, or connected with someone or something |
| Egypt | country of northeastern Africa bordering on the Mediterranean and Red seas |
| Kush | ancient country of northeastern Africa in the Nile valley |
| civilization | (noun) a group of people who live in the same place and share some of the same ideas about life |
| region | (noun) a broad geographic area of land with similar features |
