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. Suffrage
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
2. Lichen
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Tempo
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Antibody
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
5. Levee
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
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.