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. Abstemious
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Contradiction
► To proceed completely around:
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
3. Nihilism
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
4. Oligarchy
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Expurgate
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.