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. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Tumult
► The arrangement of events in time
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Laconic
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Nocturnal
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Boycott
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
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