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. Spectrum
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Solstice
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
4. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
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