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. Vehement
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Acumen
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To bring under control; conquer.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
4. Winnow
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
5. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.