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. aptitude
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
2. classify
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
3. dismal
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
4. infer
► To completely engage the attention of.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
5. translucent
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► The source or reason of an event or action
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
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