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. Pecuniary
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
2. Moiety
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
3. Incognito
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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