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. Equinox
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Mitosis
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
3. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. Quasar
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Vehement
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
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