Geography Quiz
Cartoons for the Classroom
Front Page Talking Points
This Week In History
Words in the News Quiz
Middle School Quiz
Words in the News
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
Tundra
Flourish
Metaphor
Camouflage
2. Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.
Virtuoso
Exponent
Xylem
Sacrifice
3. A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
Levee
Maneuver
Silhouette
Antibody
4. Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.
Enthusiastic
Commemorate
Ultraviolet
Tsunami
5. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
Vacillate
Salmonella
Voracious
Introspection