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. Strategy
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Impertinent
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Guerrilla
4. Vacillate
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
5. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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