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. Hieroglyphic
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Bizarre
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Pulverize
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.