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. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
2. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Oligarchy
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Xenophobe
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.