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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. The result or outcome of a cause.

► effect

► element

► fragrance

► translucent

2. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,

► apprehensive

► analogy

► quell

► analyze

3. Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

► jargon

► recluse

► jostle

► jabber

4. To make happy, cheer up.

► exhilarate

► convey

► frequency

► commotion

5. The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

► commotion

► banish

► reflection

► brackish

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This Week's Word In The News 

INITIATE

DEFINITION:
To set going by taking the first step; begin.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Troopers initiated a pursuit of the vehicle at the rest area on Interstate 71 just north of the Ohio 123 exit east of Lebanon, troopers said.
►The Dayton Daily News, 05/20/2013