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. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
2. Analogy
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Ultraviolet
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Ellipse
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Wretched
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A schedule of prices or fees.
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