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. Introspection
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Being without or almost without hope
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Repose
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Embargo
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Wretched
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Renegade
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.