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. Deign
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Metaphor
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
3. Strategy
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
4. Nocturnal
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
5. Tsunami
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
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