
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. Kilometer
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Renegade
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
3. Camouflage
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
4. Vaccine
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Symbiosis
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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