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. Vacillate
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
2. Fallacy
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Recede
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Polygon
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Bandolier
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A proportional part or share.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.