_____ comes from the Latin word, textilis for "woven fabric” and that's exactly what it is. If you’re in the ______ business, you’re dealing with the stuff that gets turned into clothes, flags, dishrags, or anything else made of cloth. If you knit a scarf, you create a hand-made ______ — although the word is more often used in art or industry, as in _____ design or ______ imports.

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textile means :

• stitch

• cloth

• prop

• craft

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Traditionally, a woman's family offered a _____ to potential husbands in order to make the match more attractive to the man and his family.

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dowry means :

natural resourcewriter's namemarriage settlementnews item

• natural resource

• writer's name

• marriage settlement

• news item

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_____ is a fairly old-fashioned word for socks and stockings as a group. You'll still see it in some department stores that have an entire section dedicated to foot- and leg-covering garments, although sometimes it's called "legwear."

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hosiery typically covers which part of the body?

• the eyes

• hands and forearms

• the feet and legs

• the head

proper means :

• right

• implacable

• personal

• momentous

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We can find the roots of the word _____ in the Latin communis, meaning "common" or "shared." These meanings certainly apply to the ideal version of _____, which means that everyone is equal, and no one has more than anyone else.

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____ is often used to mean "renter," but it can mean anyone who has the right to live in a particular place, either because he signed a lease, which is a rental agreement, because he owns the land, or because government gave him a title to it. If you live in a big apartment building, you should be aware of your rights as a _____, which usually include things like having heat in the winter and proper fire escapes.

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tenant means :

• renter

• squire

• physician

• sergeant

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