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. Xylem
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
2. Cower
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
3. Toxin
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Fallacy
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► To condescend to give or grant
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
5. Quarantine
► Being without or almost without hope
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
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.