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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. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

Delegate
Tsunami
Protagonist
Chronology


2. The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

Chronology
Marsupial
Strategy
Maneuver


3. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

Light-Year
Vacillate
Metaphor
Decorum


4. A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Bandolier
Outrageous
Lichen
Jaunty


5. A proportional part or share.

Rainforest
Silhouette
Ultraviolet
Quota


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

TUMULTUOUS

DEFINITION:
Noisy and disorderly.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
That whole process was a little bit tumultuous as it unfolded day to day. But the application itself and some of the proposals were truly something that would be very progressive.
NJ.com, 08/30/2010

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