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. habitation
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
2. monotonous
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
3. terse
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. defiance
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
5. falter
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
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