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. current
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
2. hasten
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
3. foresight
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
4. effect
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
5. banish
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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