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. Lichen
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Analogy
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
3. Strategy
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
4. Pulverize
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
5. Antibody
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.