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. versatile
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
2. aptitude
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
3. relationship
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
4. ominous
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
5. minority
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
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