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. pristine
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
2. jabber
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
3. reduce
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. frequency
► To clarify or make something understandable
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.