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. bluff
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
2. unsightly
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
3. jabber
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
4. vigilant
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
5. counter
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
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