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5 Elementary Words

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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. Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed

ignite

momentum

debris

meticulous


2. A state of confused and noisy disturbance

deft

outlandish

commotion

except


3. To make stable or firm; to confirm.

circumference

establish

similar

analogy


4. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

meander

topic

compromise

pertinent


5. Dependent on each other

knoll

interdependence

frequency

evidence


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This Week's Word In The News 

DERECHO

DEFINITION:
A widespread, long-lived, straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
derecho windstorms occur once every year or two across the central and northeastern U.S. in a band from Texas to New England.
The Dayton Daily News, 06/17/2013