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. Mutation
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
2. Hypocrisy
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
3. Pulverize
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
4. Introspection
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Strategy
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.