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. Spectrum
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Maneuver
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Symbiosis
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
4. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The arrangement of events in time
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
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