
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. Solstice
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Parasite
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
3. Protagonist
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
4. Laconic
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Virtuoso
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To condescend to give or grant
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
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