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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. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
2. To move in a quick fashion.
3. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
4. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
5. To bump into or brush against while in motion.
