
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.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
2. Spectrum
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
3. Toxin
► A proportional part or share.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Hieroglyphic
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
5. Chronology
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► The arrangement of events in time