Resources for Teachers and Students
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. Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
2. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
3. A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
4. The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
5. The source or reason of an event or action
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