
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. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Hieroglyphic
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
3. Dialogue
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Quarantine
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Random
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd