unit 11

Question 1

attorney

Answer 1

n. An attorney is one who gives others advice about the law. The attorney appeared in front of the judge for me.

Question 2

chronic

Answer 2

adj. When something is chronic’ it happens over and over again for a long time. He had chronic pain in his chest and needed to see a doctor.

Question 3

discipline

Answer 3

n. Discipline is training that helps people follow the rules. One of the teacher’s jobs is to teach her students discipline.

Question 4

donor

Answer 4

n. A donor is somebody who gives something to an organization. He was proud to be a blood donor.

Question 5

fellow

Answer 5

n. A fellow is someone who shares a job or quality with someone else. All of my fellow patients at the hospital have also complained about the food.

Question 6

gossip

Answer 6

n. Gossip is information that might be untrue but is still discussed anyway. The friends exchanged gossip about the people they knew in school.

Question 7

graduate

Answer 7

v. To graduate from a school means to complete and pass all courses of study there. At the end of the spring’ my friends and I will graduate from high school.

Question 8

graffiti

Answer 8

n. Graffiti is words or drawings in public places. The wall was covered with colorful graffiti.

Question 9

guardian

Answer 9

n. A guardian is someone who protects somebody or something. The librarians are the guardians of the books.

Question 10

implicate

Answer 10

v. To implicate someone is to show that they have done a crime or something bad. The man was implicated in the theft at the store.

Question 11

kin

Answer 11

n. Kin is a person’s family and relatives. His kin were all farmers.

Question 12

referee

Answer 12

n. A referee is a person who makes sure that the rules are followed in sports. The soccer player didn’t agree with the referee.

Question 13

sever

Answer 13

v. To sever something is to cut through it completely. He severed the string using scissors.

Question 14

shaft

Answer 14

n. A shaft is a handle of a tool or weapon. The golf club had a long wooden shaft that he held in his hands.

Question 15

stab

Answer 15

v. To stab means to cut with the end of a sharp object like a knife. He stabbed the fork into the potato and passed it to his daughter.

Question 16

stimulus

Answer 16

n. A stimulus is something that causes growth or activity. Having a lot of money is a stimulus for people to buy more things.

Question 17

suspicion

Answer 17

n. A suspicion is a feeling that something is possible or true in a crime. The police had a suspicion that the driver had stolen the purse.

Question 18

terminate

Answer 18

v. To terminate something means to stop or end it. The trip was terminated after the car broke down.

Question 19

theme

Answer 19

n. A theme is the main subject of a book’ movie’ or painting. The students discussed the book’s theme in class.

Question 20

tuition

Answer 20

n. Tuition is the amount of money paid to go to a school. University tuitions have increased by 50 percent in the last five years.