
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. somber
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
2. unsightly
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A particular geographic region.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
3. obstacles
► A particular geographic region.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
4. element
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. diminish
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
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