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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. A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Antibody
► Kilometer
► Salmonella
► Hologram
2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Mutation
► Metaphor
► Yacht
► Levee
3. To proclaim publicly
► Outrageous
► Tumult
► Divulge
► Tundra
4. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Bamboozle
► Fallacy
► Laconic
► Tsunami
5. In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Deduction
► Inference
► Wretched
► Jovial