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Mosaic 2 Reading, 4/e
Brenda Wegmann
Miki Knezevic
Marilyn Bernstein

The Future

Getting the Meaning of Words from their Context

Match the words with their definitions. Look back at the reading to help you. The words are in the order they appear in the text.

a. anticipate
b. forecast
c. casualties
d. obsolete
e. ambulatory
f. supersede
g. wear and tear
h. staggered



1

people who are hurt or killed
2

related to walking
3

a statement of what might happen in the future
4

replace
5

to imagine or expect that something will happen
6

damage of an everyday sort
7

not in use any more
8

arranged so as not to coincide