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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

SMARMY

RECENTLY ADDED WORDS IN THE NEWS:

Loquacious
Coalition
Mettle
Longevity

DEFINITION:
Falsely earnest, smug, or unpleasantly and excessively ingratiating in manner or speech.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"However, Simon had a lot to say, in his usual smarmy, yet joking manner."
BuddyTV.com, Aug. 28, 2008

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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. Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Nocturnal
Boycott
Heritage
Typhoon


2. To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Commemorate
Renegade
Vacillate
Mosaic


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

Mosaic
Dialogue
Participle
Boisterous


4. Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

Accentuate
Lichen
Outrageous
Tumult


5. Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

Solstice
Flourish
Hologram
Metaphor


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