
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. Rainforest
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Boycott
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
4. Deign
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To condescend to give or grant
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Guerrilla
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.