
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. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Rainforest
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Impertinent
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
4. Deign
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To condescend to give or grant
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Undulate
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
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