
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
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
2. reflection
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
3. translucent
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► A particular geographic region.
4. pertinent
► A particular geographic region.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
5. significance
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.