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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

LIQUIDITY

DEFINITION:
Capable of covering current liabilities quickly with current assets.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"The Central Bank said Electronica had inadequate liquidity to meet its depositors' and creditors' demands."
Moscow Times, Nov. 17, 2008

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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. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

Ellipse
Technique
Commemorate
Parasite

2. A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

Nebula
Wretched
Despondent
Accentuate

3. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Accentuate
Outrageous
Hypocrisy
Polygon

4. A proportional part or share.

Yacht
Fallacy
Quota
Metaphor

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

Omnivore
Bamboozle
Guru
Inference

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