
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. Tectonic
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
2. Lugubrious
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Interpolate
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Loquacious
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.