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. area
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► A particular geographic region.
2. circumference
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
3. gusto
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
4. dispel
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
5. minority
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
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