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. zeal
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
2. recluse
► The source or reason of an event or action
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
3. ominous
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
4. oppose
► A particular geographic region.