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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. A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.
Participle
Quarantine
Maneuver
Cower
2. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
Maneuver
Cower
Random
Boisterous
3. An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.
Labyrinth
Hieroglyphic
Silhouette
Delegate
4. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
Silhouette
Delegate
Fallacy
Formidable
5. To stress or emphasize; intensify
Embargo
Alliteration
Accentuate
Deduction