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. symbolism
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
2. interdependence
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
3. monotonous
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
4. replenish
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
5. destination
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
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