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. Levee
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
2. Hieroglyphic
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Tumult
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Malignant
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
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.