
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. Heritage
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
2. Tranquility
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Toxin
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Camouflage
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Wretched
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
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