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. Nocturnal
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
2. Repose
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Xylem
► The arrangement of events in time
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Boycott
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Labyrinth
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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.