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. similar
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
2. except
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
3. illuminate
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
4. reflection
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
5. ominous
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
