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. disdain
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
2. exasperation
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
3. primarily
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
4. eavesdrop
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
5. minority
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
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