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. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Dialogue
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Alliteration
4. Immune
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
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