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. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Tectonic
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To make an accusation against.
3. Bowdlerize
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Circumlocution
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
5. Contradiction
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary