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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. A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

Renegade
Polygon
Jaunty
Enthusiastic


2. The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

Spectrum
Sacrifice
Renaissance
Immune


3. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

Guerrilla
Flourish
Tumult
Kilometer


4. To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Bizarre
Bamboozle
Dialogue
Labyrinth


5. Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Jovial
Quandary
Vertebrate
Analogy


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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

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