
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. except
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
2. jargon
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Capable of doing many things competently
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
3. quell
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
4. somber
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► What something does or is used for.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
5. fragrance
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.