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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 state of uncertainty or perplexity.
Quandary
Virtuoso
Maneuver
Nuisance
2. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
Heritage
Fallacy
Tranquility
Nebula
3. A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
Quota
Polygon
Ozone
Camouflage
4. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
Camouflage
Outrageous
Exponent
Aspire
5. A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.
Rainforest
Analogy
Commemorate
Technique