chapter 3

Question 1

DOUBT

Answer 1

verb
to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
question
There are more than 4000 types of tomatoes and no doubt even more ways to eat them.
I doubt if she’ll go to you.

Question 2

NATURALLY

Answer 2

adverb
of course; as would be expected; needless to say.
NACH-er-uh-lee
commonly
Naturally, importers of tomatoes called them fruit so as not to pay the tax.
we can’t naturally fly, so we make airplanes.

Question 3

SEEDS

Answer 3

noun
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
heirs
That’s because it’s the part of the plant holding the seeds.
I didn’t know apple trees grow from seeds.

Question 4

CONSIDERED

Answer 4

adjective
thought about or decided upon with care.
kuh n-SID-erd
However, most people considered it a vegetable.
Moha considered he's words.

Question 5

CASE

Answer 5

noun
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something.
keys
bag
That was the basis for the court’s decision in the case.
Go buy a case of beer.

Question 6

AREAS

Answer 6

noun
any particular extent of space or surface; part.
AIR-ee-uh
field
Tomatoes went to France, Italy, and other areas around the mediterranean sea.
I leve in a good area.

Question 7

HIGHLY

Answer 7

adverb
in or to a high degree; extremely.
HAHY-lee
decidedly
THE DEADLY NIGHTSHADE ARE HIGHLY POISONOUS.
Ander had claimed kris was highly combustible.

Question 8

ACCEPT

Answer 8

verb
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor.
ak-SEPT
Take
So it took a while for Europeans to accept the tomato.
Give him little time to accept the idea.