unit 22

Question 1

charity

Answer 1

n. Charity is an act of giving help’ usually money’ to those who need it. Thanks to his friends’ charity’ he had enough money to pay the rent.

Question 2

commerce

Answer 2

n. Commerce is the activity of buying and selling things. The new shopping mall increased the commerce in that section of town.

Question 3

condemn

Answer 3

v. To condemn someone means to give them a specific punishment. The judge condemned the criminal to five years in prison.

Question 4

Cozy

Answer 4

adj. If something is cozy’ then it is comfortable’ warm’ and relaxing. The thick blanket made the bed very cozy.

Question 5

deplete

Answer 5

v. To deplete an amount of something means to use all of it up. All the driving he was doing was depleting his car’s fuel supply.

Question 6

economy

Answer 6

n. An economy is the money and businesses of a country or region. The factory was good for the economy because it brought jobs to the area.

Question 7

empire

Answer 7

n. An empire is a large group of countries ruled by an emperor or empress. The emperor built roads to make travel easier throughout the empire.

Question 8

goods

Answer 8

n. Goods are anything that can be bought or sold. Shoes’ hats’ dresses’ and purses were the goods she wanted to buy.

Question 9

heed

Answer 9

v. To heed something means to obey or follow it. You should heed the advice on the sign and not drive so fast.

Question 10

hitchhike

Answer 10

V. To hitchhike means to travel by asking for rides from passing vehicles. She didn’t have a car’ so she hitchhiked several miles to her brother’s home.

Question 11

mock

Answer 11

v. To mock someone means to tease them in a cruel way. The girls mocked Nancy because she was a new student.

Question 12

neutral

Answer 12

adj. If someone is neutral’ then they do not help either of the two fighting sides. The girl’s friend remained neutral while the couple was arguing.

Question 13

persecute

Answer 13

v. To persecute means to treat someone badly. Dan felt persecuted because he was smaller than the other boys at school.

Question 14

pity

Answer 14

n. Pity is the feeling of sadness and kindness for those who are suffering. Because she had pity for the lost boy’ she helped him find his parents.

Question 15

reduce

Answer 15

v. To reduce something means to make it smaller in size or fewer in number. When the store reduced its prices’ people wanted to shop there.

Question 16

scribe

Answer 16

n. A scribe was a person whose job was to copy written works. In ancient Egypt’ scribes recorded important events.

Question 17

temper

Answer 17

n. A temper is someone’s mood or a chance that they might get angry. She has a temper. Even the slightest mistakes make her angry.

Question 18

throne

Answer 18

n. A throne is the special chair in which a ruler sits. Nobody except the king and queen sat in the thrones in the great hall.

Question 19

unity

Answer 19

n. Unity is the state of people working together for a certain purpose. The project was finished early thanks to the unity of the workers.

Question 20

victor

Answer 20

n. A victor is a group or person that wins in a contest. At the end of the game’ the blue team were the victors.