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Words in the News Quiz
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. One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

Tranquility

Tundra

Exponent

Alliteration


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

Immune

Delegate

Tariff

Bandolier


3. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

Wretched

Salmonella

Boisterous

Embargo


4. Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

Renegade

Gargoyle

Random

Marsupial


5. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

Introspection

Levee

Recede

Accentuate


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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