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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. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
Suffrage
Boisterous
Kilometer
Plateau
2. A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
Plateau
Virtuoso
Antibody
Quandary
3. An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
Recede
Bandolier
Divulge
Yacht
4. The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
Tempo
Quota
Alliteration
Parasite
5. Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
Flourish
Impertinent
Commemorate
Levee