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. Aspire
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Toxin
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
3. Camouflage
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
4. Divulge
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► The arrangement of events in time
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