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. bluff
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► A particular geographic region.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
2. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► To clarify or make something understandable
3. evidence
► To clarify or make something understandable
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
4. hasten
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
5. repugnant
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.