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. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.
4. Not interesting; dull:
5. Having one’s true identity concealed.
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