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. Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
4. Deception by trickery or sophistry.
5. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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