
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. Virtuoso
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Sect
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Heritage
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
5. Accentuate
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
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