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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. A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

Guru
Vaccine
Typhoon
Quandary

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

Polygon
Commemorate
Deign
Toxin

3. The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

Toxin
Nebula
Inference
Parasite

4. To cringe in fear

Maneuver
Fallacy
Cower
Eclectic

5. The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

Xylem
Heritage
Enthusiastic
Salmonella

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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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