
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. Laconic
► The arrangement of events in time
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
2. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Toxin
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Rainforest
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal