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. dispel
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
2. various
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
3. imperious
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
4. exasperation
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
5. impact
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)