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. Undulate
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Renaissance
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
3. Tundra
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
4. Impertinent
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Delegate
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
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