
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. Silhouette
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
3. Renaissance
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Sacrifice
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
5. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.