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. To bring under control; conquer.
2. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.
4. Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
5. Lacking social polish; tactless.