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. Gargoyle
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Wretched
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Quota
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Being without or almost without hope
► A proportional part or share.
4. Deduction
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Typhoon
► The arrangement of events in time
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
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.