Master C2-level vocabulary related to shelters & housing. Highly precise, academic mastery.
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Which word means "A small, squalid dwelling"?
Answer: hovel
Which word means "A small apartment kept for occasional use"?
Answer: pied-a-terre
Which word means "A rented room or rooms for living in"?
Answer: lodgings
Which word means "A small, crudely built dwelling; a shack"?
Answer: shanty
Which word means "A roofed, open-sided structure in a garden"?
Answer: gazebo
Which word means "A simple shelter with a sloping roof propped against another structure"?
Answer: lean-to
Which word means "A building or group of buildings for housing soldiers"?
Answer: barracks
Which word means "A circular tent of felt or skins used by Central Asian nomads"?
Answer: yurt
hovel
A small, squalid dwelling
pied-a-terre
A small apartment kept for occasional use
lodgings
A rented room or rooms for living in
shanty
A small, crudely built dwelling; a shack
gazebo
A roofed, open-sided structure in a garden
lean-to
A simple shelter with a sloping roof propped against another structure
barracks
A building or group of buildings for housing soldiers
yurt
A circular tent of felt or skins used by Central Asian nomads
belvedere
A structure designed to command a fine view
adobe house
A house built of sun-dried clay bricks
cabana
A simple shelter by a pool or beach
ranch house
A single-story house with a long, low profile
infill
New construction on vacant or underused land within existing developments
gentrification
The renovation of an area to conform to middle-class tastes, often displacing poorer residents
slumlord
A landlord who charges excessive rent for substandard housing
parlour
A sitting room in a private house (dated); a shop providing services
conservatory
A glass-enclosed room attached to a house; a music school
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Master C2-level vocabulary related to shelters & housing. Highly precise, academic mastery. Includes 17 multiple choice questions. 17 vocabulary words...
Which word means "A small, squalid dwelling"?
Which word means "A small apartment kept for occasional use"?
Which word means "A rented room or rooms for living in"?
Which word means "A small, crudely built dwelling; a shack"?
Which word means "A roofed, open-sided structure in a garden"?
Which word means "A simple shelter with a sloping roof propped against another structure"?
Which word means "A building or group of buildings for housing soldiers"?
Which word means "A circular tent of felt or skins used by Central Asian nomads"?
Which word means "A structure designed to command a fine view"?
Which word means "A house built of sun-dried clay bricks"?
Which word means "A simple shelter by a pool or beach"?
Which word means "A single-story house with a long, low profile"?
Which word means "New construction on vacant or underused land within existing developments"?
Which word means "The renovation of an area to conform to middle-class tastes, often displacing poorer residents"?
Which word means "A landlord who charges excessive rent for substandard housing"?
Which word means "A sitting room in a private house (dated); a shop providing services"?
Which word means "A glass-enclosed room attached to a house; a music school"?
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