Unit 5 Academic Vocabulary Read the definition for each term. Write a sentence correctly using each term. You may handwrite on notebook paper, or type your sentence onto the slide and e-mail it to me. warren.bradley@alvord.k12.ca.us

Inflation a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. Use in a sentence

Over Production production of more of a product, commodity, or substance than is wanted or needed Use in a sentence

Speculation investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss. Use in a sentence

Stock Market 1. a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange. 2. the market for stocks throughout a nation Use in a sentence

Socialist a person who advocates or practices socialism. Synonyms: left-wing, progressive, leftist, labor, anti-corporate, antiglobalization; Use in a sentence

Refugee a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Use in a sentence

Welfare financial support given to people in need. Synonyms: social security, social assistance, benefit, public assistance; pension, credit, support; sick pay, unemployment benefit; Informal: the dole Use in a sentence

Government Agency A government or state agency, often an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types. Use in a sentence

Poverty the state of being extremely poor. synonyms: penury, destitution, pauperism, pauperdom, beggary, indigence, pennilessness, impoverishment, neediness, need, hardship, impecuniousness "abject poverty“ Use in a sentence

Foreclosure the action of taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up their mortgage payments Use in a sentence

Prosperity the state of being prosperous. Synonyms: success, profitability, affluence, wealth, opulence, luxury, the good life, milk and honey, (good) fortune, ease, plenty, comfort, security, well-being Use in a sentence

Converge 1. come from different directions and meet at (a place). "half a million sports fans will converge on the capital“ 2. (of a number of things) gradually change so as to become similar or develop something in common. "two cultures converged as the French settled Vermont“ Use in a sentence

Distribution Use in a sentence 1. the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients. Synonyms: giving out, dealing out, doling out, handing out/around, issue, issuing, dispensation 2. the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area. synonyms: dispersal, dissemination, spread 3. the action or process of supplying goods to stores and other 3. businesses that sell to consumers. synonyms: supply, supplying, delivery, transport, transportation Use in a sentence

Obstacles a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress. Use in a sentence

Misery 1. a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body. synonyms: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow 2. a cause or source of great distress or discomfort. plural noun: miseries synonyms: affliction, misfortune, difficulty, problem, ordeal, trouble, hardship, deprivation Use in a sentence

Tariff a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. synonyms: tax, duty, toll, excise, levy, charge, rate, fee, countervail; price list Use in a sentence

Upsurge an upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase. Use in a sentence