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. degree
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
2. subside
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
3. significance
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
4. contortion
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
5. ensure
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
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