
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. Abjure
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
2. Oligarchy
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Incognito
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. Soliloquy
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Abrogate
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality