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. Solstice
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Plateau
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Marsupial
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.