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. construct
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
2. outlandish
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
3. function
► To make something by merging parts.
► What something does or is used for.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
4. area
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► A particular geographic region.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
5. cause
► The source or reason of an event or action
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
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