
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. sociable
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
2. element
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
3. illuminate
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► To clarify or make something understandable
4. vigilant
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
5. reference
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion