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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 state of uncertainty or perplexity.

Quandary
Virtuoso
Maneuver
Nuisance


2. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

Heritage
Fallacy
Tranquility
Nebula


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

Quota
Polygon
Ozone
Camouflage


4. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

Camouflage
Outrageous
Exponent
Aspire


5. A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

Rainforest
Analogy
Commemorate
Technique


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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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