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. persistent
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
2. contributions
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
3. scarcity
► A process of compensation for losses.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. aplomb
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► A particular geographic region.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
5. reflection
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
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