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. exasperation
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
2. value
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
3. kindle
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
4. momentum
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
5. persistent
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► The source or reason of an event or action
