Understanding Words in Context

Match each word with its definition. The paragraph is marked in parentheses.

a. gentrification (A)
b. urban (A)
c. white-collar (A)
d. sky-high (B)
e. seedy (B)
f. desolate (B)
g. boom (C)
h. crisis (C)
i. renovated (D)
j. chain store (D)
k. inevitable (D)

1		very high
2		certain to happen
3		empty and deserted
4		relating to a city or town
5		repaired; made to look like new
6		an extremely dangerous or difficult situation
7		bad or dirty and probably involved in immoral activities
8		a period of sudden growth during which a lot of money is made
9		one of a group of stores owned by the same company and made to look the same
10		the process by which part of a city changes from being poorer to being richer because young professional people move in
11		related to work that takes place in an office