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 marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.
3. The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.
5. Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
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