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
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
2. misgivings
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
3. debris
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
4. pristine
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
5. similar
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
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