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. engross
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To completely engage the attention of.
2. accomplish
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
3. diminish
► To make something by merging parts.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
4. illuminate
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To clarify or make something understandable
5. pertinent
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.