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Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary Words

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. Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)

function

gusto

interpret

acquire


2. To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.

deft

brandish

banish

boundary


3. The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.

swagger

serenity

meticulous

interdependence


4. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

stamina

value

oppose

area


5. A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

degree

unsightly

concoction

dispel


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This Week's Word In The News 

SEDENTARY

DEFINITION:
Accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Pets are getting fatter because of their increasingly sedentary lifestyles and they are being overfed, and more than one in seven cats and dogs in Ohio are now overweight or obese, according to a new report
Dayton Daily News, 05/21/2012