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. Renaissance
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Lichen
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Unanimous
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The arrangement of events in time
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.