
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. Spectrum
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Random
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Introspection
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Voracious
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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