Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice

Match the word to this meaning: A group of words that expresses a complete thought

• acquaintance

• sentence

• inference

• expectation

Choose the word that means: A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• adolescence

• appearance

• inference

• characteristic

Identify the word that means: A belief about what might happen in the future

• sibling

• popularity

• inference

• characteristic

Match the word to this meaning: A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend

• acquaintance

• sibling

• maroon

• appearance

Match the word to this meaning: a family that extends beyond parents and children, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives

• nuclear family

• acquaintance

• sibling

• extended family

Identify the word that means: A period of life when a person develops from a child into an adult

• adolescence

• appearance

• inference

• characteristic

Match the word to this meaning: Your "surname" or your "last name" that is passed through your family.

• popularity

• gadget

• family name

• nuclear family

Match the word to this meaning: To abandon someone in a far-away place

• acquaintance

• sentence

• maroon

• expectation

Identify the word that means: A person's brothers and sisters

• nuclear family

• acquaintance

• sibling

• extended family

Match the word to this meaning: an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

• characteristic

• Personality

• gadget

• inference