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. Pulverize
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Vacillate
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Parasite
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► 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.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
4. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A schedule of prices or fees.
5. Dialogue
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative