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5 Middle School Words

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 person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

► Omnivore

► Tumult

► Delegate

► Bandolier

2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

► Mutation

► Formidable

► Accentuate

► Malignant

3. A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

► Malignant

► Metaphor

► Dialogue

► Participle

4. A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► Fallacy

► Tranquility

► Lichen

► Rainforest

5. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► Marsupial

► Gargoyle

► Recede

► Stereotype

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This Week's Word In The News 

INITIATE

DEFINITION:
To set going by taking the first step; begin.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Troopers initiated a pursuit of the vehicle at the rest area on Interstate 71 just north of the Ohio 123 exit east of Lebanon, troopers said.
►The Dayton Daily News, 05/20/2013