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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. To set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
3. Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
4. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. Something small enough to escape casual notice.