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. attentive
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
2. engross
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
3. reflection
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
4. minority
► What something does or is used for.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
5. detail
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.