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. Salmonella
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Cower
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Formidable
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
5. Laconic
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
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.