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. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
2. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Kilometer
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Vertebrate
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
5. Polygon
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive