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. defiance
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
2. swagger
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
3. deft
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
4. gusto