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. circumference
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
2. except
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
3. malleable
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To completely engage the attention of.
4. cause
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
5. swagger
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
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