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. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
2. Loquacious
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
3. Nonsectarian
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
4. Reparation
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Oligarchy
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.