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. ignite
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. classify
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► The source or reason of an event or action
3. falter
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. momentum
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
5. function
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Capable of doing many things competently
► What something does or is used for.
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