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. Levee
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Decorum
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
3. Recede
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
4. Omnivore
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
5. Fallacy
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
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.