
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. Cower
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Sacrifice
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
3. Xylem
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Nocturnal
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A proportional part or share.
5. Outrageous
► Being without or almost without hope
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.