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. Parasite
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Fallacy
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Quarantine
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Despondent
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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.