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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.
Plateau
Guru
Analogy
Vacillate
2. Self-examination.
Introspection
Boycott
Bamboozle
Impertinent
3. A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.
Participle
Aspire
Silhouette
Renaissance
4. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
Renaissance
Lichen
Gargoyle
Dialogue
5. The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.
Hieroglyphic
Polygon
Phloem
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