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. Bowdlerize
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
2. Hegemony
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
3. Detritus
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Obsequious
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Moiety
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.