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. observe
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
2. reduce
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
3. pristine
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► To completely engage the attention of.
4. analyze
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
5. multitude
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To clarify or make something understandable
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