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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

BROKER

DEFINITION:
To arrange or negotiate a settlement, deal or plan.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"Israel pressed home its ground assault in Gaza in the face of French-led diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire."
Yahoo News, Jan. 5, 2009

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

Phloem
Rainforest
Omnivore
Deduction


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

Alliteration
Unanimous
Commemorate
Immune


3. The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

Immune
Impertinent
Bandolier
Camouflage


4. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Stereotype
Polygon
Inference
Hieroglyphic


5. Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

Inference
Hieroglyphic
Bizarre
Sacrifice


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