
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. Nebula
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Tariff
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
4. Aspire
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
5. Levee
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
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