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. kindle
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
2. jargon
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
3. knoll
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
4. area
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► A particular geographic region.
5. obstacles
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
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