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. Diffident
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
2. Lexicon
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Gamete
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
4. Hemoglobin
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
5. Yeoman
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.