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. Abstemious
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Gauche
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Quotidian
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
5. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.