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. disdain
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
2. banish
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To make something by merging parts.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
3. classify
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A particular geographic region.
4. barricade
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
5. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
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