
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. Hemoglobin
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Mitosis
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
3. Tautology
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Antebellum
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.