unit 2

Question 1

amateur

Answer 1

n. An amateur is a person who does something for fun and isn’t paid for it. The amateur took pictures just as well as the person who worked for money.

Question 2

ambiguous

Answer 2

adj. If something is ambiguous’ it is not entirely clear. It’s ambiguous as to whether a newborn baby looks like a girl or a boy.

Question 3

anonymous

Answer 3

adj. If someone is anonymous’ no one knows who he or she is. An anonymous donor gave a thousand dollars to the museum.

Question 4

attain

Answer 4

v. To attain something is to succeed at something or to get something you want. If you want to attain a healthy body’ you must exercise every day.

Question 5

autonomy

Answer 5

n. Autonomy is another word for freedom or independence. In the 1800s’ the people of India fought for autonomy from Britain.

Question 6

concession

Answer 6

n. A concession is something that one person gives up to another. China gave Hong Kong to Britain as a concession after the war.

Question 7

decay

Answer 7

n. Decay is the result of something slowly being broken down or destroyed naturally. The decay in the old building was obvious.

Question 8

dwell

Answer 8

v. To dwell somewhere means to live there. Before he was a successful writer’ Mark Twain dwelled in the city of Hannibal’ Missouri.

Question 9

enlighten

Answer 9

v. To enlighten someone is to teach them about something. Greek philosophers wanted to enlighten the people of Athens with their ideas.

Question 10

enrich

Answer 10

v. To enrich means to make someone rich or increase their wealth. Taxes on people’s income can be used to enrich the government.

Question 11

flourish

Answer 11

v. To flourish means to do very well and be in an excellent condition. The Roman Empire flourished in Europe two thousand years ago.

Question 12

geometry

Answer 12

n. Geometry is the study of shapes and how to measure them. If you want to be able to calculate the area of a circle’ you must study geometry.

Question 13

gleam

Answer 13

v. To gleam means to sparkle and shine. The waves of the ocean would gleam every night at sunset.

Question 14

greed

Answer 14

n. Greed is wanting to have more of something than you need or should have. The story of King Midas is a story of greed.

Question 15

harmony

Answer 15

n. Harmony is a feeling that everything is peaceful’ balanced’ and in agreement. The United Nations is struggling to bring peace and harmony to the world.

Question 16

indigenous

Answer 16

adj. Indigenous means that something or someone exists naturally in an environment or area. The Pueblo people were an indigenous tribe in Arizona who lived in adobe homes.

Question 17

jurisdiction

Answer 17

n. Jurisdiction means the power or right to make judgments about the law and how it is upheld. We did not have jurisdiction to bring the criminal to trial.

Question 18

parade

Answer 18

n. A parade is a series of things or people that come or are shown one after another. This parade of elephants is part of an open-air exhibit to honor these majestic animals.

Question 19

statue

Answer 19

n. A statue is a three-dimensional work of art’ usually made of clay’ marble’ or metal. The Venus de Milo is a famous ancient Greek statue.

Question 20

virgin

Answer 20

n. A virgin is someone who has never had sex. The virgin goddess of the moon was known as Diana.