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. Jovial
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Vacillate
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Aspire
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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