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. Fallacy
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Nocturnal
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Vacillate
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
4. Labyrinth
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
5. Phloem
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
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