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. Cower
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Pulverize
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Hypocrisy
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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