Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words
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. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Impertinent
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Lichen
► Being without or almost without hope
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Cower
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.