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. economy
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
2. reflection
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
3. obstacles
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
4. tactic
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
5. quell
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
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