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. Mitosis
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
2. Temblor
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
3. Plasma
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Gauche
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.