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. minority
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
2. waver
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
3. jabber
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
4. adversary
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
5. deft
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
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