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
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To completely engage the attention of.
2. monotonous
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
3. boundary
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
4. influence
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
5. guarantee
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
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