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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 relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Symbiosis
► Salmonella
► Guru
► Accentuate
2. Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.
► Tranquility
► Yacht
► Vaccine
► Parasite
3. Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.
► Hieroglyphic
► Alliteration
► Silhouette
► Repose
4. The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.
► Jovial
► Zoology
► Unanimous
► Virtuoso
5. A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Virtuoso
► Aspire
► Bizarre
► Embargo