
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. Winnow
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
2. Contradiction
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Enfranchise
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Photosynthesis
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. Supercilious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Of the same or similar nature or kind