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. A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.
2. To show servile deference.
3. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
4. Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. To bring under control; conquer.
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