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. Filibuster
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
2. Epiphany
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Abstemious
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
4. Bowdlerize
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Moiety
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
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