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. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Outrageous
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Hieroglyphic
► A proportional part or share.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
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.