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. obstacles
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
2. circumference
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
3. ember
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
4. egregious
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
5. accomplish
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.