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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 food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.
► Outrageous
► Phloem
► Laconic
► Tariff
2. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Tundra
► Renaissance
► Jaunty
► Aspire
3. A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.
► Tsunami
► Zoology
► Antibody
► Heritage
4. To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Antibody
► Heritage
► Quarantine
► Bamboozle
5. A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Virtuoso
► Plateau
► Rainforest
► Nebula