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. analyze
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. jargon
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To completely engage the attention of.
3. primarily
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
4. brackish
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Capable of doing many things competently
5. symbolism
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
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