Read the passage, and then answer the question that follows: Even though it costs less than staying in hotels, family camping has become less popular lately.

In the passage above, how is the transition even though used?

To show a contrast
To summarize an idea
To introduce an idea
To show a comparison

to show a contrast

Explanation:

it's contrasting a hotel to family camping

To show a contrast

Explanation: Although/though can be used to contrast ideas. Although/though are subordinating conjunctions used to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause, like after, as, before, if, since, that, even though, even if.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease