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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. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
2. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
3. Kilometer
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
4. Accentuate
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Spectrum
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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