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. ignite
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
2. obstacles
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
3. exhilarate
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► To completely engage the attention of.
4. analyze
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
5. convey
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
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