
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. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Renegade
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Gargoyle
► Being without or almost without hope
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Yacht
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A proportional part or share.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.