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. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
3. Nonsectarian
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Homogeneous
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Taxonomy
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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