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. Pulverize
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
3. Divulge
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.