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. Xylem
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
2. Bamboozle
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Random
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Nebula
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Undulate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
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