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. Impeach
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To make an accusation against.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Usurp
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
3. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
4. Filibuster
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. Subjugate
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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