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. ember
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
2. boundary
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
3. classify
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
4. tactic
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
5. jabber
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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