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. grueling
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
2. imperious
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
3. topic
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
4. ominous
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
5. multitude
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
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