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. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Immune
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
3. Participle
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
5. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
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