
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. Cower
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
2. Labyrinth
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Omnivore
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Outrageous
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To condescend to give or grant
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Wretched
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.