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. Parameter
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
2. Fatuous
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
3. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Hegemony
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Vehement
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.