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. Epiphany
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Auspicious
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To proceed completely around:
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
3. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
4. Homogeneous
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Hubris
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
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