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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. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Guru
Cower
Light-Year
Suffrage


2. A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Alliteration
Phloem
Vaccine
Virtuoso


3. A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Tranquility
Hologram
Lichen
Strategy


4. Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

Sacrifice
Unanimous
Impertinent
Gargoyle


5. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

Flourish
Boycott
Spectrum
Voracious


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

TUMULTUOUS

DEFINITION:
Noisy and disorderly.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
That whole process was a little bit tumultuous as it unfolded day to day. But the application itself and some of the proposals were truly something that would be very progressive.
NJ.com, 08/30/2010



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