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. headway
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
2. barricade
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
3. boundary
► A measurement one can compare to.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
4. momentum
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
5. imperious
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
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