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. weather
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
2. disdain
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
3. gusto
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
4. abolish
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
5. jut
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Brief, concise, to the point.
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