
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. Rainforest
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Mutation
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
3. Bamboozle
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Eclectic
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
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