Self-study 2 Task Vocabulary Exercise 1

Exercise 1. Read the text and match the passages and their subtitles

Architecture	Horticulture	Philosophy	Mathematics	Science	Geography	Astronomy	Medicine
d	f	h	a	g	e	b	c

Exercise 2. Find the descriptions for all the words in bold through the text above.
discoveries -the action or process of discovering or being discovered.
facilitated - to make easier
Inheritance - a thing that is inherited.
pioneers -a person or group that originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method or technical development
forerunner - something or someone that acts as an early and less advanced model for what will appear in the future
patients - a person who is receiving medical care
elegance - the quality of being graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour
Uncharted- not recorded or plotted on a map, chart, or plan
Grafting-a piece cut from one living plant and attached to another plant so that it grows there
refractions -deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
medieval - relating to the Middle Ages.