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. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Tumult
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To condescend to give or grant
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Decorum
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
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