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. Alliteration
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
4. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Tariff
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
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