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. Vortex
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Oligarchy
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Gerrymander
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
4. Obsequious
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Impeach
► To make an accusation against.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
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