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. swagger
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
2. dismal
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
3. conclude
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
4. meander
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
5. accomplish
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
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