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. aplomb
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
2. economy
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
3. diminish
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
4. acquire
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
5. function
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► What something does or is used for.
► More than half (50%) of some group
Lessons & Classroom Activities
Resources by grade level