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. potential
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► The source or reason of an event or action
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. sociable
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
3. imperious
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
4. compromise
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
5. muster
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
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