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. Light-Year
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
2. Rainforest
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Polygon
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Kilometer
► A proportional part or share.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold