Word List

• 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.
• n. Commerce is the activity of buying and selling things.
  The new shopping mall increased the commerce in that section of town.
• v. To condemn someone means to give them a specific punishment.
  The judge condemned the criminal to five years in prison.
• adj. If something is cozy, then it is comfortable, warm, and relaxing.
  The thick blanket made the bed very b.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• n. Goods are anything that can be bought or sold.
  Shoes, hats, dresses, and purses were the goods she wanted to buy.
• v. To heed something means to obey or follow it.
  You should heed the advice on the sign and not drive so fast.
• 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.
• v. To mock someone means to tease them in a cruel way.
  The girls mocked Nancy because she was a new student.
• 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.
• v. To persecute means to treat someone badly.
  Dan felt persecuted because he was smaller than the other boys at school.
• 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.
• 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.
• n. A scribe was a person whose job was to copy written works.
  In ancient Egypt, scribes recorded important events.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Exercise

A ‣ Write the word that best fits each blank.

B ‣ Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

C ‣ Circle the answer that best fits the question.

Reading Comprehension

Part A: Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

Part B: Answer the questions.