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. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
2. Circumnavigate
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To proceed completely around:
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Oligarchy
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Tautology
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To bring under control; conquer.
5. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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