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. To show servile deference.
2. To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
4. Division into ordered groups or categories.
5. The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
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