
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. Irony
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
2. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
3. Pecuniary
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Fiduciary
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.