Unit 2 Week 3 - Yaskul's Mighty Trade

Question 1

alcove

Answer 1

synonym: niche, nook, recess
sentence: The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove

Question 2

commerce

Answer 2

synonym: business, trade, trading
sentence: The marketplace was where commerce traditionally takes place.

Question 3

domestic

Answer 3

synonym: home, household, local, servant
sentence: She commuted some foreign currency to domestic currency.

Question 4

exotic

Answer 4

synonym: foreign, unusual, tropical
sentence: She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places

Question 5

fluent

Answer 5

synonym: articulate, communicative
sentence: She studied eight foreign languages but is fluent in only six of them.

Question 6

stifling

Answer 6

synonym: smother, choke, suffocate
sentence: The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous

Question 7

upheaval

Answer 7

synonym: trouble, disturbance, disruption
sentence: I can’t face the upheaval of moving house again.

Question 8

utmost

Answer 8

synonym: greatest, maximum, highest
sentence: The utmost caution must be exercised when handling explosives