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. conspicuous
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
2. swagger
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
3. ignite
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
4. apprehensive
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
5. symbolism
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
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