
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. Abrogate
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. Circumnavigate
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To proceed completely around:
3. Vacuous
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. Euro
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
5. Quotidian
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.