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. compromise
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
2. primarily
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
3. malleable
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
4. attentive
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
5. jabber
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► A measurement one can compare to.
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