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. The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
3. The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
4. Everyday; commonplace.
5. Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
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