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. brackish
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
2. somber
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
3. infer
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A particular geographic region.
4. bluff
► A particular geographic region.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
5. significance
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
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