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. swagger
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
2. jostle
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
3. exasperation
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
4. convey
► To clarify or make something understandable
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
5. tactic
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.