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. Xenophobe
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
3. Winnow
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
4. Yeoman
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
5. Gerrymander
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.