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. Kowtow
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
2. Expurgate
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Inculcate
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
4. Enervate
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
5. Tectonic
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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