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. Salmonella
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
2. Marsupial
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
3. Toxin
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
4. Jovial
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Nocturnal
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
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.