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. Nonsectarian
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Nomenclature
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Bellicose
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
4. Detritus
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Orthography
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.