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. Maneuver
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Lichen
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Salmonella
► A proportional part or share.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Ozone
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Kilometer
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
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