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. ember
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
2. sociable
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
3. reference
► A measurement one can compare to.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► The source or reason of an event or action
4. repugnant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
5. area
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► A particular geographic region.