
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
► Being without or almost without hope
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
2. Hologram
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Gargoyle
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Parasite
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Delegate
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.