F&C Vocabulary for Unit 3: Adolescence

Match the following

• Ambitious

• Amari believed so strongly in ___ that she didn't let problems upset her; she knew everything would turn out the way it was supposed to.

• Destiny

• Taylor’s ___ personality is what pushed her to become the first person in her family to graduate from college.

• Prominent

• Everyone in the school knows who they are and likes them, so the most ___ student usually wins the election for student body president.

Match the following

•  Triumphant

• Denny did not like eating the same thing every day, so he planned out his meals each week to make sure he had a ___ of options.

• Variety

• The first time Vanessa went rock climbing, she was intimidated, but when she finally built up the strength to climb the toughest route, she felt ___!

• Routine

• It was  ___ for Cameron to study and complete his homework after dinner every night.

Match the following

•  Assurance

• The coach told her players that the pain from practice would be ___, but the pride they would feel after completing a week of two-a-day practices would last forever.

• Recede

• Before making any deals, Joaquin’s father wanted ___ that the company was real and not a scam.

• Temporary

• When Tom looked at his father’s bald head, he knew that his own hairline would also ___ in the future.

Match the following

•  Belittle

• After weeks of trying to train my dog not to climb on the furniture, I finally ___ myself to having dog hair all over the couch.

• Resigned

• Mrs. Haton’s math class had a positive ___ on her students: even though the class was challenging, it taught them mental toughness that they would use in the years ahead.

• Influence

• oach did not allow his players to ___ each other; they either supported each other or they were kicked off the team.

Match the following synonyms

• Guarantee

• Destiny

•  Insult

• Belittle

• Future

• Ambition

• Goal

• Assure

Match the following synonyms

• Famous

• 2. Prominent

•  Leave

• 4. Resigned

• Affect

• 1. Influence

• Accepting

• 3. Recede

Match the following synonyms

•  Proud

• 2. Temporary

• Habit

• 4. Variation

• Version

• 3. Triumphant

• Short-term

• 1. Routine