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. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. Timid, fearful, overly cautious
3. To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
4. To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
5. Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
Lessons & Classroom Activities
Resources by grade level