Geography Quiz
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Front Page Talking Points
This Week In History
News Quiz
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 unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
Camouflage
Ultraviolet
Xylem
Ozone
2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
Yacht
Tranquility
Formidable
Tsunami
3. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
Parasite
Bizarre
Hologram
Spectrum
4. The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.
Spectrum
Bamboozle
Zoology
Vertebrate
5. The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
Repose
Boisterous
Voracious
Quandary