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. Divulge
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Guerrilla
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
3. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Nuisance
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Technique
► A proportional part or share.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
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