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. Tectonic
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
2. Filibuster
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Parabola
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Facetious
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Detritus
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
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