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. swagger
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
2. exhilarate
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
3. specimen
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
4. impending
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
5. topic
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► The extent to which something matters; importance
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