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. Solstice
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
2. Accentuate
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Exult
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Delegate
► The arrangement of events in time
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Tranquility
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.