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. Subjugate
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
2. Circumlocution
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Suffragist
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Paradigm
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
5. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
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