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. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
2. Kowtow
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
3. Auspicious
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Homogeneous
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
5. Nadir
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
