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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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Middle School Quiz
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. An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

Mosaic
Tundra
Strategy
Plateau


2. The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

Flourish
Repose
Renegade
Hologram


3. A schedule of prices or fees.

Spectrum
Technique
Tariff
Malignant


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

Protagonist
Tumult
Rainforest
Sacrifice


5. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Symbiosis
Light-Year
Commemorate
Eclectic


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