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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 move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

Malignant
Recede
Virtuoso
Laconic


2. Being without or almost without hope

Laconic
Typhoon
Jaunty
Despondent


3. A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Exponent
Ozone
Camouflage
Lichen


4. To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

Omnivore
Exult
Undulate
Participle


5. Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Nocturnal
Voracious
Pulverize
Stereotype


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News, 03/15/2010