
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. Respiration
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
2. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
3. Oligarchy
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
5. Sanguine
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.