
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. egregious
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
2. jabber
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
3. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
4. ominous
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
5. conspicuous
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► The source or reason of an event or action