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. Mosaic
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A proportional part or share.
2. Nocturnal
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Unanimous
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Bandolier
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
5. Spectrum
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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