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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. Vehement
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
2. Unctuous
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
3. Oxidize
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Mitosis
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
5. Euro
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
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