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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. To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

Boycott
Malignant
Renaissance
Parasite

2. To cringe in fear

Cower
Strategy
Polygon
Yacht

3. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Polygon
Yacht
Levee
Gargoyle

4. A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Delegate
Metaphor
Guru
Despondent

5. The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Light-Year
Tundra
Ultraviolet
Protagonist

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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

SYMBIOTIC

DEFINITION:
A mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The Lead Draw represented the perfect symbiotic relationship between a play and a player and a player and an offensive scheme.
Dallas Morning News, 02/08/2010