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. Camouflage
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
2. Zoology
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Labyrinth
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Hologram
► A proportional part or share.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Bizarre
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
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.