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. various
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
2. aplomb
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► A measurement one can compare to.
3. vigilant
► A measurement one can compare to.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
4. infer
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
5. fragrance
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► More than half (50%) of some group
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