
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. Gerrymander
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
2. Enervate
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
4. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
5. Notarize
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.