
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. Plateau
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. Renaissance
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Tempo
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
4. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark