
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. Renaissance
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
2. Polygon
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
3. Bamboozle
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Decorum
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Undulate
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
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