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. chronological
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
2. economy
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
3. reference
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
4. compromise
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
5. contortion
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
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