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. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. Respiration
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Feckless
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Loquacious
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
Lessons & Classroom Activities
Resources by grade level