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. narrate
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
2. dismal
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
3. majority
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► More than half (50%) of some group
4. symbolism
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
5. falter
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.