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. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Quandary
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
3. Cower
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Jaunty
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.