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. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
2. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.
3. Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
5. Having one’s true identity concealed.
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