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. Inference
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Outrageous
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Phloem
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Renegade
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Sect
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
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.