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. Labyrinth
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Deduction
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Lichen
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Deign
► The arrangement of events in time
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Commemorate
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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.