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. majority
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
2. narrate
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
3. except
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
4. bluff
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
5. terse
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
