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. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
2. Subjugate
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Supercilious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Tautology
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
5. Feckless
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.