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. commotion
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
2. contortion
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
3. egregious
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
4. foresight
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
5. acquire
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.