
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. potential
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The source or reason of an event or action
2. obstacles
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
3. circumference
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. terse
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
5. diminish
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.