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. hasten
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
2. luminous
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► What something does or is used for.
3. obstacles
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
4. kindle
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To completely engage the attention of.
5. area
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► A particular geographic region.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
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