
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. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Antibody
► To condescend to give or grant
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
3. Symbiosis
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Embargo
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
5. Plateau
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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