
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. Participle
► To condescend to give or grant
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
2. Hypocrisy
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Silhouette
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Deduction
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.