
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. Mutation
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
3. Maneuver
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Sacrifice
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
5. Malignant
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.