
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. Spectrum
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Typhoon
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Vaccine
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Aspire
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Deign
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To condescend to give or grant