
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. Sacrifice
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To condescend to give or grant
2. Technique
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Delegate
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Tranquility
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.