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. Feckless
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Contradiction
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
4. Euro
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
5. Gauche
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.