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. Hologram
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
2. Fallacy
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Toxin
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
4. Exult
► A proportional part or share.
► To condescend to give or grant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Silhouette
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.