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. Typhoon
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. Spectrum
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Tsunami
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Nuisance
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Chronology
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► The arrangement of events in time
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
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