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. malleable
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
2. concoction
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
3. headway
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
4. falter
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
5. translucent
► What something does or is used for.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► The source or reason of an event or action
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