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. Jaunty
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Boisterous
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Parasite
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Strategy
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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