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. Evanescent
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
2. Parameter
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
4. Detritus
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
5. Hegemony
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.