
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. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
2. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
3. Supercilious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Detritus
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
5. Nonsectarian
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.