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. Circumnavigate
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To proceed completely around:
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Impeach
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To make an accusation against.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
3. Circumlocution
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
4. Ziggurat
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
5. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
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