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. Parameter
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
2. Infrastructure
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Enervate
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Fatuous
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Lexicon
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
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