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
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2. vulnerable
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
3. restitution
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► A process of compensation for losses.
4. detail
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
5. dismal
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.