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. Nonsectarian
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Nadir
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Feckless
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Precipitous
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
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