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. Recede
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
2. Zoology
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Nocturnal
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
5. Sacrifice
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
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.