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. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.
2. To set fire to (something), to light (something)
3. Flexible, liable to change.
4. To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
5. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
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