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. vigilant
► A particular geographic region.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
2. foresight
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
3. classify
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. except
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
5. gusto
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
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