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. vulnerable
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► A particular geographic region.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
2. economy
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Capable of doing many things competently
► To make something by merging parts.
3. luminous
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
4. cunning
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
5. obstacles
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
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