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. Gamete
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Chromosome
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
4. Nonsectarian
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
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