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. cause
► The source or reason of an event or action
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
2. headway
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► What something does or is used for.
3. infer
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
4. zeal
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
5. symbolism
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
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