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. Metamorphosis
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. Filibuster
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Bellicose
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
4. Enervate
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
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