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. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Mitosis
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
3. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Yeoman
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Abrogate
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
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