
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. Bamboozle
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Hieroglyphic
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Enthusiastic
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
5. Undulate
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.