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. Homogeneous
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Omnipotent
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To proceed completely around:
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. Churlish
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Filibuster
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
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