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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. The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Malignant
► Technique
► Deign
► Salmonella
2. To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Undulate
► Unanimous
► Solstice
► Ellipse
3. Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.
► Ultraviolet
► Chronology
► Pulverize
► Voracious
4. Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.
► Sacrifice
► Inference
► Bandolier
► Tundra
5. A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Tumult
► Tsunami
► Quota
► Quarantine