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. compromise
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► To completely engage the attention of.
2. illuminate
► To clarify or make something understandable
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
3. habitation
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
4. accomplish
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
5. meticulous
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious