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. Tectonic
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
2. Enervate
► To make an accusation against.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Facetious
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
4. Parameter
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Gauche
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
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