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. except
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
2. significance
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
3. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
4. aplomb
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
5. impact
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.