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. Hegemony
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
2. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Churlish
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
5. Photosynthesis
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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