
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. Rainforest
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
2. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Outrageous
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
5. Bamboozle
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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