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. A diligent, dependable worker.
2. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
4. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
5. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
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