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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. An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Yacht
► Plateau
► Laconic
► Mosaic
2. A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.
► Mosaic
► Gargoyle
► Tranquility
► Silhouette
3. Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.
► Nebula
► Marsupial
► Suffrage
► Lichen
4. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Eclectic
► Quarantine
► Virtuoso
► Alliteration
5. To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Exponent
► Exult
► Typhoon
► Formidable