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. reflection
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
2. somber
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
3. grueling
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
4. malleable
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
5. adversary
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
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