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. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
2. Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
3. Connection or association; the condition of being related.
4. The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
5. Displeasing to the eye
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