
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. brandish
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
2. establish
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
3. aptitude
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
4. grueling
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
5. adversary
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object