
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. brandish
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
2. obstacles
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► More than half (50%) of some group
3. gusto
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
4. muster
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
5. furtive
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► What something does or is used for.