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. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Quandary
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
3. Embargo
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
4. Spectrum
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Sect
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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