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. Soliloquy
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
2. Churlish
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Diffident
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Lucid
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
5. Hubris
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.