Answer the questions based on the vocabulary you learned.
After you finish these questions, go back to the listening activity with this vocabulary and practice your speaking skills and/or use the Internet to find more information about this topic.
The doctors are still trying to ________________ the cause of her discomfort, but there is concern that it is cancer.
figure
diagnose
ponder
Although the __________________ for recovery isn't good, he remains in a very jovial mood. That is remarkable for a person who might have less that three months to live.
benefactor
hospice
prognosis
The situation is quite _____________ for that family because they have no health insurance and the father lost his job recently.
dire
jovial
upbeat
Instead of saying that your parents are dead, you could say that they are _____________. This is a more formal way of saying the same idea.
prognosis
diagnosed
deceased
In spite of her illness, she remained upbeat and didn't allow self-__________ to enter her mind.