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. Cower
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Embargo
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Jaunty
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
5. Technique
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.