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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS

VOLATILE		RECENTLY ADDED WORDS IN THE NEWS: Egalitarian Charismatic Bankruptcy Monotheistic
DEFINITION: Tending to vary often or widely, as in price: the ups and downs of volatile stocks.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: "The world's financial markets face an uncertain and possibly volatile week as investors await details about how the Treasury will implement the government's financial rescue package." Yahoo News, Oct. 5, 2008

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. One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

Eclectic
Renegade
Tsunami
Despondent

2. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Despondent
Parasite
Nuisance
Gargoyle

3. Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Analogy
Accentuate
Enthusiastic
Light-Year

4. To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

Light-Year
Vertebrate
Bamboozle
Heritage

5. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Immune
Vacillate
Sacrifice
Silhouette