U2 Vocabulary Scenarios

For the flower display at the wedding, Mitchell did not want the same flowers at each table. He wanted different types, colors, and sizes of flowers so that it felt like his guests were in a real garden.

• Variation

• Routine

• Triumph

The golf team tried to avoid the football team because the football players always told the golfers their sport was boring and unimportant.

• Belittle

• Assured

• Ambition

Keyon created a presentation that explained his dream career and how he planned to make it happen. He outlined what he needed to do in high school and college to make sure he reached his ultimate goal of becoming a scientist at NASA.

• Belittle

• Influence

• Ambition

Cole wasn’t afraid until he turned and saw the tail lights of his mom’s car disappearing into the dark night.

• Temporary

• Receding

• Resigning

As the most experienced lawyer at the firm, Clara was highly respected; new clients always wanted to work with her.

• Prominent

• Destiny

• Resigned

The words and heart written in the sand would fade as the tide rolled in, just like the freedom of summer fades each year in August.

• Triumphant

• Temporary

• Variety

The first person to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon felt victorious, especially when he thought about the last few miles. At one point, he had thought he wouldn’t be able to finish, but he kept going and came out the winner.

• Routine

• Variation

• Triumphant

Stephon’s parents were hesitant to pay to send him to a five-week sleepaway football camp. The coach told them that every player on his team who had attended the camp got a football scholarship to college. He said it was practically guaranteed.

• Belittled

• Prominent

• Assured

Every year at the beginning of school, Principal Feldman inspired his teachers by giving them praise and motivation for the year ahead. He hoped that his teachers would then turn around and do the same for their students.

• Temporary

• Influence

• Recede

From the day she entered kindergarten, Leah knew she would one day work on fixing machines. She was always interested in taking things apart in order to find out how they worked. Everyone knew that working with machines was her calling.

• Destiny

• Variation

• Prominent