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. dispel
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
2. abolish
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
3. brandish
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► A measurement one can compare to.
4. primarily
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
5. habitation
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► To clarify or make something understandable
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