Read this sentence. Although the idea was foreign to me, I still thought I would give it a try.

Which word is the best synonym for the word “foreign” as it used in this sentence?

frightening
weird
upsetting
unknown

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.