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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. A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

Participle
Quarantine
Maneuver
Cower


2. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

Maneuver
Cower
Random
Boisterous


3. An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

Labyrinth
Hieroglyphic
Silhouette
Delegate


4. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Silhouette
Delegate
Fallacy
Formidable


5. To stress or emphasize; intensify

Embargo
Alliteration
Accentuate
Deduction


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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