
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. Respiration
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
2. Lexicon
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Churlish
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Equinox
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Loquacious
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A system of names used in an art or science: