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Words in the News

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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. To honor the memory of with a ceremony

Stereotype
Pulverize
Inference
Commemorate


2. Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

Lichen
Tariff
Dialogue
Guerrilla


3. A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

Tumult
Quandary
Bizarre
Camouflage


4. One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Bizarre
Camouflage
Gargoyle
Exponent


5. The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

Tundra
Mosaic
Xylem
Repose


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

COUP

DEFINITION:
A sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
" Honduran coffee producers on Sunday expressed shock over a military coup in the normally peaceful Central American country and said they were deeply concerned over what the political and economic impact would be."
Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2009