
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. knoll
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
2. dismal
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
3. deft
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. degree
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
5. ignite
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor