
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. Wrought
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
2. Unctuous
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
3. Kowtow
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
4. Jejune
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Nanotechnology
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.