
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. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
2. Hieroglyphic
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Quota
► A proportional part or share.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Enthusiastic
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Wretched
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
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