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. exhilarate
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
2. conspicuous
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
3. bluff
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
4. area
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► A particular geographic region.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
5. tactic
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To clarify or make something understandable
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