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. Chromosome
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
2. Tectonic
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
3. Taxonomy
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
4. Abjure
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Contradiction
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.