
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. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Laconic
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A proportional part or share.
3. Voracious
► A proportional part or share.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Quarantine
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.