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. topic
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
2. impact
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
3. knoll
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
4. significance
► A process of compensation for losses.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
5. brandish
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
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