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
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
2. counter
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
3. convey
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
4. brandish
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
5. barricade
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
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