unit 15

Question 1

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Question 2

affair

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n. An affair is an event or a thing that happened. My wife and I attended a formal affair over the weekend.

Question 3

assembly

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n. An assembly is a group gathered together for the same reason. The students had an assembly to talk about their interests.

Question 4

bless

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v. To bless is to ask God for protection or help. The angel blessed the newborn baby to keep it safe.

Question 5

cereal

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n. Cereal is a breakfast food made from grains that is eaten with milk. Cereal is a fast and common breakfast food enjoyed in the US.

Question 6

cheerful

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adj. A cheerful person is happy and pleasant. The children were cheerful because they didn’t have to go to school.

Question 7

diameter

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n. The diameter of a round thing is the length across its center. The diameter of the tree was about 60 centimeters.

Question 8

exploit

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v. To exploit something is to use it for greedy reasons rather than good reasons. The company exploits their workers and makes them work 12 hours a day.

Question 9

famine

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n. A famine is a long time with little or no food. The farmers couldn’t grow any food in the dry soil’ so there was a famine.

Question 10

harvest

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n. A harvest is the act of collecting food from farming. They had a lot of wheat from the last harvest.

Question 11

merry

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adj. A merry person is happy and pleasant. They felt merry because the weather was great.

Question 12

nut

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n. A nut is a hard seed or fruit that comes from some trees and bushes. To eat a nut’ you must first crack its shell.

Question 13

pardon

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v. To pardon is to not be angry at someone for asking a question or for making a mistake. Pardon me teacher’ but could you repeat what you just said?

Question 14

pharaoh

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n. A pharaoh was a king in ancient Egypt.. The pharaohs ruled Egypt for thousands of years.

Question 15

ripe

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adj. A ripe fruit or vegetable is ready to be eaten. The cherries were nice and ripe.

Question 16

roast

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v. To roast something is to cook it in an oven or over a fire. Mom roasted a turkey for the holiday dinner.

Question 17

routine

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n. A routine is a way of doing things that is the same every time. My father’s daily routine includes shaving right before breakfast.

Question 18

scheme

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n. A scheme is a plan or design. Jason and Mark came up with a scheme to solve the problem.

Question 19

slim

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adj. A slim person or thing is thin’ not thick. Look at my new cell phone. It’s very slim.

Question 20

stove

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n. A stove is a device used to cook food. Our new stove helps us to cook food much faster than before.

Question 21

theft

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n. A theft is a criminal act that involves someone stealing something. The theft of his TV took place when he was at work.