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Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary Words

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 individual instance that represents a class; an example.

swagger

current

specimen

acquire


2. Quick and neat in action; skillful.

element

outlandish

recluse

deft


3. Progress toward a goal.

obscure

pertinent

headway

fragrance


4. The source or reason of an event or action

diminish

economy

cause

effect


5. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

swarm

evidence

document

vigilant


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This Week's Word In The News 

SEDENTARY

DEFINITION:
Accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Pets are getting fatter because of their increasingly sedentary lifestyles and they are being overfed, and more than one in seven cats and dogs in Ohio are now overweight or obese, according to a new report
Dayton Daily News, 05/21/2012


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