unit 16

Question 1

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Answer 1

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Question 2

adolescent

Answer 2

n. An adolescent is a young person or a teenager. The adolescent was excited about getting a skateboard for his birthday.

Question 3

aptitude

Answer 3

n. Aptitude is a natural ability or skill. He has a natural aptitude for water skiing.

Question 4

compliment

Answer 4

v. To compliment is to say a nice thing about someone or something. Her co-worker complimented her for doing a good job.

Question 5

hinder

Answer 5

v. To hinder is to stop someone or something from doing something. All the traffic hindered me from getting to work on time.

Question 6

journalism

Answer 6

n. Journalism is the work of collecting the news to put in newspapers or on TV. Before becoming a teacher’ she worked in journalism.

Question 7

jury

Answer 7

n. A jury is a group of people that listen to a trial and say if someone is guilty. The jury listened closely to the attorney before they made their decision.

Question 8

justice

Answer 8

n. Justice is fairness in the way that people are treated. People turn to the court system when they are seeking justice.

Question 9

liberty

Answer 9

n. Liberty is freedom to do what one wants. To many people’ the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom.

Question 10

literary

Answer 10

adj. A literary person or thing is involved with literature in some way. He worked hard to create a successful literary career.

Question 11

pharmacy

Answer 11

n. A pharmacy is a place where medicine is sold. My mother sells medicine to people at the pharmacy.

Question 12

pill

Answer 12

n. A pill is a small object that has medicine inside. She took a pill for her headache.

Question 13

presume

Answer 13

v. To presume is to believe something is true without being certain. Since the girl raised her hand’ the teacher presumed she knew the answer.

Question 14

privacy

Answer 14

n. Privacy is the state of being happily away from other people. Please hang the sign on the door so we can have some privacy.

Question 15

punishment

Answer 15

n. A punishment is something that one must endure for any wrongdoing. He was given a punishment for being rude to the teacher.

Question 16

sensible

Answer 16

adj. A sensible person or thing is good and smart. It was sensible for her to save some money each month.

Question 17

slice

Answer 17

n. A slice is a piece from something larger’ such as a cake. The girl enjoyed a slice of cake at her birthday party.

Question 18

sorrow

Answer 18

n. Sorrow is a very sad feeling. The girl felt sorrow after her best friend moved away.

Question 19

straw

Answer 19

n. A straw is a thin tube that is used to suck liquid into the mouth. I drank the orange juice through a straw.

Question 20

swell

Answer 20

v. To swell is to become larger and rounder. My sister’s stomach began to swell after she got pregnant.

Question 21

tidy

Answer 21

adj. A tidy place or person is clean and in order. Leon has always been a very tidy boy.