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. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
3. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Interpolate
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
5. Deleterious
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.