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. Polygon
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Tranquility
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Nebula
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Strategy
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Dialogue
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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