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. impending
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
2. hasten
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
3. contortion
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
4. frequency
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied