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Thursday, March 11, 2010

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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. One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Cower
Vacillate
Exponent
Tundra


2. A schedule of prices or fees.

Typhoon
Deduction
Tariff
Tsunami


3. Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

Malignant
Undulate
Impertinent
Strategy


4. Having a backbone or spinal column.

Lichen
Metaphor
Ellipse
Vertebrate


5. One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

Zoology
Omnivore
Aspire
Outrageous


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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

CHAFE

DEFINITION:
To feel irritated or impatient

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
School districts have begun to chafe under the state's mandatory late-August starting date, saying that it makes it nearly impossible to accommodate the needs of students, parents and teachers.
Dallas Morning News, 03/08/2010