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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.
► Quota
► Plateau
► Laconic
► Mosaic
2. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Mosaic
► Random
► Alliteration
► Suffrage
3. A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Phloem
► Tumult
► Fallacy
► Hypocrisy
4. A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.
► Tsunami
► Nebula
► Wretched
► Delegate
5. To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Bamboozle
► Exult
► Light-Year
► Participle