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. accomplish
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
2. concoction
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
3. analyze
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
4. dismal
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
5. topic
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care