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. Embargo
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To condescend to give or grant
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Quarantine
► To condescend to give or grant
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Metaphor
► Being without or almost without hope
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Symbiosis
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
5. Quota
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A proportional part or share.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
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.