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
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
2. influence
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
3. document
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
4. serenity
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
5. barricade
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
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