
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. Silhouette
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Salmonella
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Commemorate
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
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