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. Bamboozle
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Marsupial
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
3. Heritage
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.