
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
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
2. Immune
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
5. Accentuate
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
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