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. cunning
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To make something by merging parts.
2. egregious
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
3. observe
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
4. ensure
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
5. terse
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
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