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. scarcity
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► To completely engage the attention of.
► A particular geographic region.
2. sabotage
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
3. destination
► What something does or is used for.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
4. various
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
5. headway