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. Everyday; commonplace.
2. To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
4. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.