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. Marsupial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
2. Maneuver
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Tariff
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Eclectic
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To condescend to give or grant
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Cower
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
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