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. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Tempo
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Recede
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Quarantine
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Spectrum
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A proportional part or share.
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