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. Mitosis
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
2. Diffident
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Incontrovertible
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Lexicon
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary: