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. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Jaunty
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Alliteration
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Exponent
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A proportional part or share.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
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