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. Cower
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Phloem
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Ozone
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
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.