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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. Auspicious
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Vortex
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
3. Nanotechnology
4. Photosynthesis
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
5. Subjugate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
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