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. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Tautology
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
4. Metamorphosis
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
5. Facetious
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable