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. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A proportional part or share.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Embargo
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Camouflage
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Wretched
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Guerrilla
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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