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. Antibody
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
2. Nuisance
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Boycott
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Metaphor
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Mosaic
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.