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. Typhoon
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
2. Nocturnal
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Antibody
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Participle
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
5. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
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.