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. sociable
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
2. potential
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
3. aplomb
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
4. source
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
5. interdependence
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
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