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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)

interpret

eavesdrop

minority

ignite


2. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

ignite

boundary

element

translucent


3. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

grueling

brackish

illuminate

pristine


4. An opponent or rival.

infer

adversary

compose

effect


5. A great amount or number, often of people.

effect

exhilarate

scurry

multitude


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This Week's Word In The News 

COUNTERVAILING

DEFINITION:
Acting against with equal force. Exerting force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The announcement came after the Government Accountability Board faced countervailing pressures from those who urged that the petitions be made readily available and from those who raised concerns about the safety of domestic abuse victims who wanted to keep their addresses confidential.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 02/06/2012



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