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
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
2. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Hypocrisy
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Technique
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
5. Immune
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A proportional part or share.
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