Vocabulary review Lists 5-8

Match the following

• in agreement; in harmony

• congruent

• the point at which something begins

• kin

• To narrate, tell

• recount

• one's family

• factor

• something that contributes to a result

• origin

Match the following

• unaware

• prosperity

• the highest point of a mountain

• summit

• severe pain or suffering

• oblivious

• at a great height, elevated

• anguish

• wealth and general success in life

• lofty

Match the following

• loyalty to a person, cause or government

• ingenious

• the amount that something can contain

• capacity

• to create or devise

• formulate

• very clever; inventive

• allegiance

• snobby; acting better than others

• arrogant

Match the following

• the knowledge & ability to be successful

• futile

• a feeling of guilt/shame for doing wrong

• competent

• pointless or useless

• remorse

• a difficult or unpleasant situation

• retain

• to keep or continue to have

• predicament

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Positive Vibes

,

(b) Negative Vibes

,

(c) Neutral - no vibes

• competent

• capacity

• allegiance

• formulate

• summit

• lofty

• arrogant

• recount

• ingenious

• origin

• remorse

• futile

• predicament

• retain

• anguish

• oblivious

• prosperity

• congruent

• factor

Caleb's ​ (a)   plan helped the students escape a very unpleasant ​ (b)   with their teacher. They ​ (c)   the perfect excuse for not turning in their essay. Unfortunately, for them, the teacher ​ (d)   for them the time she used the same excuse in middle school. Her use of the excuse was also ​ (e)   and didn't work for her either.

• ingenious
• predicament
• formulated
• recounted
• futile
• retain
• origin

The climbers were ​ (a)   climbers, but they ended up in a dangerous ​ (b)   when their ​ (c)   attitudes cause them to be ​ (d)   to the bad weather conditions at the ​ (e)   of the mountain.

• competent
• predicament
• arrogant
• oblivious
• summit
• retain
• remorse
• lofty

Your ​ ​ (a)   can give you clues about your family's (b)   in life. What do you think is the biggest ​ (c)   in your family's ​ (d)   relationships? One factore might be to always live without ​ (e)   , or regrets. Allegiance to your family is a beautiful thing.

• origin
• kin
• factor
• congruent
• remorse
• retain
• oblivious
• competent