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. recluse
► To completely engage the attention of.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
2. destination
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
3. source
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
4. apprehensive
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To make something by merging parts.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
5. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant