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 picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
5. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
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