Lift 3 Unit 6 Vocabulary Preview

​Unit 6: Helping Others

By Sarah Brewer

Vocabulary Preview

Multiple Choice

PRACTICE: Use context to determine the meaning of each word in bold. Then match the word to its definition.

1. The monsoon brought heavy rains to the area every afternoon.

• difficult and upsetting (adj)

• extremely important (adj)

• world (noun)

• rainy season (noun)

A monsoon is a shift in winds that often causes a very rainy season or a very dry season. Although monsoons are usually associated with parts of Asia, they can happen in many tropical and subtropical regions.

monsoon (noun)

Multiple Choice

PRACTICE: Use context to determine the meaning of each word in bold. Then match the word to its definition.

2. Improving teamwork was pivotal to their championship win.

• extremely important (adj)

• not hopeful or encouraging (adj)

• way; path (noun)

• rainy season (noun)

extremely important; critical


pivot (noun): a shaft or pin on which something turns
pivot (verb): turning on or as if on a pivot

pivotal (adjective)

Multiple Choice

PRACTICE: Use context to determine the meaning of each word in bold. Then match the word to its definition.

3. People from countries all around the globe participate in the Olympics.

• difficult and upsetting (adj)

• world (noun)

• not hopeful or encouraging (adj)

• way; path (noun)

something spherical or rounded, such as a spherical representation of the Earth.
global (adjective): related to a globe

globe
(noun)

Multiple Choice

PRACTICE: Use context to determine the meaning of each word in bold. Then match the word to its definition.

4. We took a less popular route to the beach because we wanted to avoid traffic.

• world (noun)

• difficult and upsetting (adj)

• extremely important (adj)

• way; path (noun)

a traveled way, or means of access; a path

route (verb): to send by a selected route; to direct or divert in a specified direction

route
(noun)

Multiple Choice

PRACTICE: Use context to determine the meaning of each word in bold. Then match the word to its definition.

5. She's looked everywhere for her keys but still hasn't found them. Her chances of getting to the airport on time look grim.

• difficult and upsetting (adj)

• not hopeful or encouraging (adj)

• extremely important (adj)

• rainy season (noun)

somber, forbidding, gloomy;

​not hopeful or encouraging

Most commonly encountered in the English name of a personification of Death, the Grim Reaper.

grim (adjective)

Multiple Choice

PRACTICE: Use context to determine the meaning of each word in bold. Then match the word to its definition.

6. The flight home was a harrowing experience, with long delays and canceled flights.

• difficult and upsetting (adj)

• not hopeful or encouraging (adj)

• way; path (noun)

• world (noun)

acutely distressing or painful; difficult and upsetting

comes from a type of farming where soil is broken up with a spiked tool

harrowing (adjective)

Complete pages 102 and 103 in your student workbook. These will be checked for a grade when you return to class next week.
Use a dictionary to help as needed.

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​Workbook pgs 102-103