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. Typhoon
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Solstice
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
3. Virtuoso
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Laconic
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A proportional part or share.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
5. Protagonist
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.