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. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
2. Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. A system of names used in an art or science:
5. To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
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