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. Renaissance
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Inference
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
3. Phloem
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
4. Undulate
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Toxin
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
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.