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. Nadir
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
2. Xenophobe
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Moiety
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To proceed completely around:
4. Gamete
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Chromosome
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
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