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. establish
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
2. serenity
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
3. swagger
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. dispel
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
5. exhilarate
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
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