
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. Vaccine
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Being without or almost without hope
2. Repose
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Hologram
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
4. Random
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Inference
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
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