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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. aplomb
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
2. recuperate
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
3. attentive
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
4. vigilant
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
5. defiance
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
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