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Words in the News

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. Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Jovial
Undulate
Lichen
Levee


2. A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Tranquility
Symbiosis
Hieroglyphic
Participle


3. An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

Tumult
Bandolier
Formidable
Boisterous


4. The arrangement of events in time

Vaccine
Aspire
Chronology
Accentuate


5. Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

Delegate
Laconic
Phloem
Enthusiastic


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News, 03/15/2010

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