
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. Repose
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
3. Symbiosis
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Commemorate
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Maneuver
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A proportional part or share.
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