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. Inculcate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Equinox
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
3. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4. Gerrymander
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
5. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.