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. ominous
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
2. jargon
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
3. commotion
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A particular geographic region.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
4. analyze
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
5. swagger
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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