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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. The extent to which something matters; importance

exasperation

diminish

brandish

significance


2. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle

subside

unsightly

topic

grueling


3. Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

grueling

bluff

cunning

terse


4. To start (a fire) or light (a torch).

muster

kindle

versatile

compromise


5. A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

compromise

habitation

sociable

tactic


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This Week's Word In The News 

INITIATE

DEFINITION:
To set going by taking the first step; begin.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Troopers initiated a pursuit of the vehicle at the rest area on Interstate 71 just north of the Ohio 123 exit east of Lebanon, troopers said.
The Dayton Daily News, 05/20/2013