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. narrate
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
2. repugnant
► To make something by merging parts.
► What something does or is used for.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
3. illuminate
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
4. counter
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
5. element
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
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