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. infer
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The result or outcome of a cause.
2. luminous
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
3. destination
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
4. repugnant
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
5. kindle
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.