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. repugnant
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
2. dismal
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► What something does or is used for.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
3. vulnerable
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
4. various
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
5. luminous
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► A process of compensation for losses.
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