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. Tranquility
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Antibody
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Xylem
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Cower
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Renaissance
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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