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. Nonsectarian
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Kowtow
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To bring under control; conquer.
4. Expurgate
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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