
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. Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
2. To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
4. Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.