
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. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Xylem
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Quarantine
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
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