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. Analogy
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
2. Hypocrisy
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Deduction
► The arrangement of events in time
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
5. Parasite
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► 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.