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. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Rainforest
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Guerrilla
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Deign
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
5. Eclectic
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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