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. contributions
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
2. ominous
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
3. analyze
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
4. conspicuous
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
5. impending
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
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