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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. conclude
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
2. except
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
3. scurry
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
4. replenish
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
5. vigilant
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
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