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 predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
4. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. To make an accusation against.
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