unit 9

Question 1

cater

Answer 1

v. To cater to someone means to provide them with all the things they need or want. Bill was too sick to get out of bed’ so his nurse catered to his needs.

Question 2

considerate

Answer 2

adj. When someone is considerate’ they pay attention to the needs of others. The considerate boy gave his girlfriend a present to cheer her up when she was sad.

Question 3

consumption

Answer 3

n. The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking it. These apples are too rotten for consumption.

Question 4

criteria

Answer 4

n. Criteria are factors on which a person judges or decides something. Before she got the job’ she had to meet all the necessary criteria.

Question 5

crust

Answer 5

n. Crust is the tough outer part of a loaf of bread. The little boy never ate the crust of his pizza.

Question 6

entitle

Answer 6

v. To entitle someone means to give them the right to have or do something. His golden ticket entitled him to sit in the front row at the concert.

Question 7

escort

Answer 7

v. To escort people means to safely accompany them to a place. Her bodyguards escorted her to the movie theater.

Question 8

external

Answer 8

adj. When something is external’ it is connected to an outer part. It is warm inside my house’ but the external temperature is freezing.

Question 9

facility

Answer 9

n. A facility is a building that exists for a particular purpose. There are many educational facilities in big cities.

Question 10

faculty

Answer 10

n. A faculty is a mental or physical ability. The boy’s mental faculties impressed all of his teachers.

Question 11

heap

Answer 11

n. A heap of things is a large pile of them. After the building was torn down’ all that was left was a heap of bricks.

Question 12

hemisphere

Answer 12

n. A hemisphere is one half of the Earth. In the northern hemisphere’ the weather is usually warmest in July and August.

Question 13

hound

Answer 13

n. A hound is a type of dog that is often used for racing or hunting. The men took their hounds with them when they went on the hunting trip.

Question 14

impersonal

Answer 14

adj. If something is impersonal’ it is not friendly and makes people feel unimportant. The boy felt scared on his first day at the big’ impersonal high school.

Question 15

lick

Answer 15

v. When you lick something’ you pass your tongue over it. He licked his ice cream before it melted.

Question 16

ornament

Answer 16

n. An ornament is an attractive object that people display in their homes. The woman kept some colorful ornaments on the shelves.

Question 17

pedestrian

Answer 17

n. A pedestrian is a person who is walking on a street. Drivers should be careful when pedestrians are walking around.

Question 18

sanctuary

Answer 18

n. A sanctuary is a place where people in danger can go to be safe. The church was made into a sanctuary for homeless people in the winter.

Question 19

spectator

Answer 19

n. A spectator is someone who watches something’ for example’ a sports event. There were thousands of spectators at the big game.

Question 20

yell

Answer 20

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