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. furtive
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
2. zeal
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
3. grueling
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
4. compromise
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A measurement one can compare to.
5. ignite
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
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