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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. Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
2. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
3. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
4. To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
5. Having an unvarying tone or pitch
