Language Arts- Unit 2

Question 1

available

Answer 1

ready for use, at hand

Question 2

cater

Answer 2

to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant
to supply food and service

Question 3

customary

Answer 3

usual, expected, routine

Question 4

dissuade

Answer 4

to persuade not to do something

Question 5

entrepreneur

Answer 5

a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business

Question 6

firebrand

Answer 6

a piece of burning wood, a troublemaker, an extremely energetic or emotional person

Question 7

hazard

Answer 7

risk, peril

to expose to danger or harm, to gamble

Question 8

homicide

Answer 8

the killing of one person by another person

Question 9

indifference

Answer 9

a lack of interest or concern

Question 10

indignant

Answer 10

filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy or mean

Question 11

indispensable

Answer 11

absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

Question 12

lubricate

Answer 12

to apply oil or grease, to make smooth, slippery or easier to use

Question 13

mutual

Answer 13

shared or felt or shown equally by two or more

Question 14

pelt

Answer 14

to throw a stream of things
to strike successively
to hurry

Question 15

plague

Answer 15

an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths, a widespread evil
to annoy or bother

Question 16

poised

Answer 16

balanced, suspended
calm, controlled
ready for action

Question 17

regime

Answer 17

a government in power, a form or system of rule or management
a period of rule

Question 18

retard

Answer 18

to make slow, delay or hold back

Question 19

transparent

Answer 19

allowing light to pass through, easily recognized or understood, easily seen through or detected

Question 20

unscathed

Answer 20

wholly unharmed, not injured