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. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
2. Accentuate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Plateau
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
4. Undulate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Exponent
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
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