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. economy
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
2. replenish
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► 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.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
3. serenity
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
4. similar
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
5. infer
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The source or reason of an event or action
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