
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. Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
3. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Not interesting; dull:
5. Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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