
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. Parasite
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Suffrage
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► The arrangement of events in time
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Wretched
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Rainforest
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Cower
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
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