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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. Something small enough to escape casual notice.

detail

swarm

restitution

symbolism


2. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

restitution

symbolism

element

weather


3. Anything that assures a certain outcome.

ignite

oppose

area

guarantee


4. To cause to float easily or gently through the air

waft

ensure

illuminate

uncanny


5. An inadequate amount of something; a shortage

illuminate

uncanny

jostle

scarcity


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This Week's Word In The News 

COUNTERVAILING

DEFINITION:
Acting against with equal force. Exerting force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The announcement came after the Government Accountability Board faced countervailing pressures from those who urged that the petitions be made readily available and from those who raised concerns about the safety of domestic abuse victims who wanted to keep their addresses confidential.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 02/06/2012

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