
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. persistent
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
2. ember
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
3. serenity
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
4. degree
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► The source or reason of an event or action
5. guarantee
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.