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. Guerrilla
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
2. Rainforest
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Tsunami
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Ellipse
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
5. Maneuver
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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