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. swagger
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
2. outlandish
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► A particular geographic region.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
3. gusto
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
4. analogy
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
5. falter
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
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