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. Tempestuous
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Subjugate
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Tectonic
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Hubris
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.