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. eavesdrop
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► What something does or is used for.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
2. boundary
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
3. sociable
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To clarify or make something understandable
4. impending
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
5. serenity
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
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