
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. Nihilism
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Nomenclature
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Incognito
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
4. Orthography
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
5. Detritus
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.