Question

Define the following correctly:
1. Slavery
2. Downtrodden
3. Sole
4. Amendment
5. Abolition
6. Untouchability
7. Titles
8. Reside
9. Conviction
10. Funds

[Note: I will ask more word meanings, so this is part 1 of word meaning, part 2 & 3 are coming soon.]​

Answer 1

1. Slavery, a condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons. slavery. Slaves picking cotton in Georgia.
2. oppressed or treated badly by people in power.
3. the undersurface of a person's foot.
4. The definition of an amendment is a change, addition, or rephrasing of something, most often with the intention of improvement. An example of an amendment is the changes made to the U.S. Constitution. The act of changing for the better; improvement.
5. Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, was the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people.
6. Untouchability is the practice of ostracising a group of people regarded as 'untouchables', resulting in the segregation and persecutions from the people regarded as "higher" caste. The term is most commonly associated with the treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent.
7. A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either veneration, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the first and last name. Some titles are hereditary.
8. have one's permanent home in a particular place
9. a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offense.
10. A mutual fund is an open-end professionally managed investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase securities. Mutual funds are "the largest proportion of equity of U.S. corporations." Mutual fund investors may be retail or institutional.