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. Tsunami
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Yacht
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A proportional part or share.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Hieroglyphic
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Plateau
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Decorum
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
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.