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. Embargo
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Deign
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To condescend to give or grant
3. Salmonella
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Typhoon
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A proportional part or share.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.