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. egregious
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
2. engross
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► To completely engage the attention of.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
3. value
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
4. pertinent
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
5. monotonous
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
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