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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 proportional part or share.
► Formidable
► Quota
► Gargoyle
► Bamboozle
2. One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Bamboozle
► Phloem
► Lichen
► Nuisance
3. The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.
► Undulate
► Jovial
► Strategy
► Marsupial
4. Being without or almost without hope
► Heritage
► Despondent
► Nebula
► Decorum
5. Self-examination.
► Introspection
► Camouflage
► Suffrage
► Alliteration