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. establish
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
2. concoction
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
3. hasten
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
4. obstacles
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
5. guarantee
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
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