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. Tranquility
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Protagonist
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Suffrage
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Eclectic
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Unanimous
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A proportional part or share.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
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