
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. Embargo
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Delegate
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Yacht
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Marsupial
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Nuisance
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.