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. Yacht
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Quota
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A proportional part or share.
3. Hieroglyphic
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
4. Ellipse
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
5. Levee
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
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.