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. Malignant
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
2. Gargoyle
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
4. Deduction
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
5. Boycott
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
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.