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. momentum
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
2. tactic
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
3. ignite
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
4. vulnerable
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
5. subside
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
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