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. contortion
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
2. translucent
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.