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. imperious
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
2. minority
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
3. significance
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied