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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 closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
Polygon
Solstice
Ozone
Salmonella
2. The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
Ozone
Salmonella
Exponent
Spectrum
3. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
Parasite
Boycott
Dialogue
Mutation
4. A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
Mutation
Chronology
Quandary
Vaccine
5. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
Hypocrisy
Hieroglyphic
Suffrage
Nuisance