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. Lucid
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Abstemious
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
3. Omnipotent
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
4. Contradiction
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Vehement
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth: