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. Zoology
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
2. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Accentuate
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Being without or almost without hope
5. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► 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.