
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. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
2. ominous
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
3. reference
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
4. debris
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
5. cunning
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.