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. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. To picture falsely; misrepresent.
4. The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
5. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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