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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 intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.
Omnivore
Vertebrate
Labyrinth
Zoology
2. A schedule of prices or fees.
Tariff
Hieroglyphic
Guru
Kilometer
3. To stress or emphasize; intensify
Guru
Kilometer
Light-Year
Accentuate
4. Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
Vaccine
Quarantine
Ozone
Unanimous
5. The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.
Phloem
Mutation
Impertinent
Xylem
