
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. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Ellipse
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
3. Exponent
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Being without or almost without hope
4. Bamboozle
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
5. Divulge
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
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